This work critiques absolute skepticism about non-personally-experienced events using an anecdote about a King of Siam who disbelieves a Dutch ambassador who tells him about ice.
This work critiques absolute skepticism about non-personally-experienced events using an anecdote about a King of Siam who disbelieves a Dutch ambassador who tells him about ice. A similarly-themed section of this work discusses a sentient parrot described by Maurice of Nassau. The author of this work acknowledges the possibility of truth only within systems, and apologizes to readers who think he is only building a "Castle in the Air." This work uses the example of a piece of porphyry to discuss its distinction between qualities innate to matter and qualities mediated by the senses, which it denotes primary and secondary. Arguing that all knowledge comes from experience and reflection, for 10 points, identify this work proposing that the human mind is a tabula rasa at birth, John Locke's masterpiece on epistemology.
This work critiques absolute skepticism about non-personally-experienced events using an anecdote about a King of Siam who disbelieves a Dutch ambassador who tells him about ice.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding