He opposed the rationalist belief in innate ideas, holding that the mind is born a blank slate upon which all knowledge is inscribed in the form of human experience.
He opposed the rationalist belief in innate ideas, holding that the mind is born a blank slate upon which all knowledge is inscribed in the form of human experience. Contradicting Hobbes, he maintained that the original state of nature was happy and that all human beings were equal and free to pursue "life, health, liberty, and possessions." FTP, who is this English philosopher and founder of empiricism?
He opposed the rationalist belief in innate ideas, holding that the mind is born a blank slate upon which all knowledge is inscribed in the form of human experience.
John {Locke}