Another philosopher in Part I is John Locke. Locke argues that the senses are the primary source of knowledge. ... There are many arguments Locke mentions in the Essay Concerning Human Understanding. ... Origination of ideas: Locke says that knowledge comes from experience and that all our knowledge is build from ideas. ... Primary and Secondary Qualities: Locke defines primary qualities as things actually in the world such as size, shape and motion that we perceive in the objects. ...

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Modern ideas of realism however, came largely through the influence of Francis Bacon's (1561 - 1626) inductive methodology and John Locke's (1632 - 1704) proposal that the human mind is developed through environment and experiences. ...

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The leading empiricist is John Locke and he rejects the concept of innate ideas.There are also other empiricists that support Lockes concept such as George Berkeley and David Hume. Nevertheless, this criticism of Locke to Descartes, prove more than enough, that the empiricist account is more plausible. ... Furthermore, Locke denies the concept of the Cogito argument. ... Locke continues to talk about the experience we receive from the world and that they may differ. ... Rene Descartes was a rationalist whereas John Locke who was an empiricist. ...

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As man progressed through the various stages of evolution, it is assumed that at a certain point he began to ponder the world around him. Of course, these first attempts fell short of being scholarly, probably consisting of a few grunts and snorts at best. As time passed on, though, these ideas...

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L.). (1963) Collected Works of John Stuart Mill. ... John Locke, a pre-eminent philosopher of the 17th century agrees in that he claims that the vehicle of the power to produce ideas in us is nothing but the primary qualities of the object which has the power. ...

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