This thinker used the metaphor of a sailor being unable to measure the depth of the ocean to argue that knowledge is sufficient despite being limited.
This thinker used the metaphor of a sailor being unable to measure the depth of the ocean to argue that knowledge is sufficient despite being limited. He argued that knowledge of mathematics and morality are more certain because they are based on ideas of modes. This philosopher distinguished properties of objects based on whether or not they depended on the observer, designating them primary or secondary qualities. He rejected the notion of innate ideas, because he believed that all knowledge derives from experience and our minds are a tabula rasa at birth. For 10 points, name this Enlightenment philosopher who wrote An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
This thinker used the metaphor of a sailor being unable to measure the depth of the ocean to argue that knowledge is sufficient despite being limited.
John Locke