Episode 20: Locke: Is the Mind Born as a Blank Slate?

Architects of Thought
2500 Years of Western Philosophy

Part IV: The Birth of Modern Philosophy — Self, Science, Experience, and History

Are we born with ideas, or do they come from experience? In this episode, Marvin Loong explores John Locke’s blank slate and the two sources of ideas Locke identifies: sensation and reflection. Part IV examines how modern philosophy raised new questions about the self, scientific order, empirical knowledge, and historical development.

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