INTFILO Rationalist believe in Apriori. Apriori comes before sense experience. EMPIRICISM – Senses (Page 191) 1. JOHN LOCKE – TABULA RASA = BLANK STATE Notebook Mind begins with clear state We use our senses to find out about the world Sense data or qualities World existing outside of us Primary qualities: Scientific characteristics of an object Substrata – what truly exists / reality a. HINDU MYSTIC – praying and sitting on a bed of nails What supports the Earth? A white elephant What supports
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person is no one. He or she has yet to develop any sense of self in the world. Once a person is born he/she goes through a rapid stage of learning‚ but what comes before that is unknown. Jean-Paul Sartre offers an opinion similar to John Locke’s “tabula rasa” in thinking that “existence precedes essence.” Many argue on the making of a man‚ but Sartre humanistically gives people the ability to decide who they want to be. On the other hand‚ Sartre’s argument is fundamentally false as people do not have
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The Nature versus Nurture Debate What makes you who you are? This question is the essence behind the nature versus nurture debate. It is also a question that has plagued scientists for centuries‚ and philosophers before that. Recently‚ the debate has raged over which of two major factors has the biggest impact on one’s development. With advancements in genetics‚ such as the mapping of the human genome‚ scientists have a better understanding of what traits are inherited. Obviously‚ certain physical
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John Locke was born on August 29‚ 1632‚ in Warington‚ a village in Somerset‚ England. In 1646 he went to Westminster school‚ and in 1652 to Christ Church in Oxford. In 1659 he was elected to a senior studentship‚ and tutored at the college for a number of years. Still‚ contrary to the curriculum‚ he complained that he would rather be studying Descartes than Aristotle. In 1666 he declined an offer of preferment‚ although he thought at one time of taking up clerical work. In 1668 he was elected a fellow
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Unit 1: Psychology’s History and Approaches Definitions 1: Empiricism- The view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should‚ therefore‚ rely on observation and experimentation. 2: Structuralism- A method of interpretation and analysis of aspects of human cognition‚ behavior‚ culture‚ and experience that focuses on relationships of contrast between elements in a conceptual system that reflect patterns underlying a superficial diversity. 3: Functionalism- Belief in or stress
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John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were two important philosophers from the seventeenth century. The two were born nearly 50 years apart – Hobbes in 1588 and Locke in 1632 – and yet‚ they each managed to have a major impact on their time and our own. The philosophical viewpoints of Locke and Hobbes are‚ in most cases‚ in strict opposition of each other. There are certain points at which the theories of both men collide; however‚ their synonymous beliefs are exactly the point at which their theories
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Zimbabwean education tends to be hierarchical such that the concept of functionalist perspective tend to suit the situation on the ground like a hand in a glove The main aim of this essay is to briefly assess the relevance of the functionalist perspective to learning or teaching in Zimbabwe Primary Schools. According to Haralambos and Holborn (1990)‚ a perspective is a mental view of the relative important of things To support this Cohen and Manion (1981) defines perspective as “- -- a point of
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Philosophy Essay (Descartes vs. Locke) Socrates once said‚ “As for me‚ all I know is that I know nothing.” Several philosophers contradicted Socrates’ outlook and believed that true knowledge was in fact attainable. This epistemological view however had several stances to it‚ as philosophers held different beliefs in regards to the derivation of true knowledge. Rationalists believed that the mind was the source of true knowledge‚ while in Empiricism‚ true knowledge derived from the senses. Rene
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John Locke – The Second Treatise of Civil Government John Locke * Widely known as the Father of Classical Liberalism * Was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers * His work had a great impact upon the development of epistemology and political philosophy. * Considered one of the first of the British empiricists. he is equally important to social contract theory. * Published the “Two treatises of Government” in 1689
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Through this conditioning‚ a correlation is being drawn between behavior and the repercussions of that behavior. “The theory of operant conditioning presupposes that infants begin their learning with a phylogenetically determined set of reflexes‚ a "tabula rasa" mind‚ and a naturally active disposition”. (Brown‚ 2001) In other words‚ human beings are born with a clean slate and we learn our behavior based on our experiences from family‚ school‚ work‚ friends‚ the environment‚ etc. Behaviorist B.F. Skinner
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