His major work coined the phrase "association of ideas" and distinguished between an object's primary qualities, which are independent of perception, and its secondary qualities, such as color, which are caused by perception.
This philosopher argued that people gain property rights over an object by mixing their labor with it. His major work coined the phrase "association of ideas" and distinguished between an object's primary qualities, which are independent of perception, and its secondary qualities, such as color, which are caused by perception. In that work, this author argued against innate ideas, holding that the mind is a (*) "tabula rasa," or blank slate. For 10 points, name this British empiricist who wrote Two Treatises on Government and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
This philosopher argued that people gain property rights over an object by mixing their labor with it.
John {Locke}