In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Locke disputes the notion of innate ideas as a response to Cartesian Philosophy. In his essay, Locke claims all knowledge can be obtained "barely by the use of our natural faculties without the help of any innate impressions" (642). ... In Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes argues that ideas such as infinity and God encompass more formal reality than do finite humans. ... In his essay, Locke states: "how can men think the use of reason necessary to discover principles that are innate, when reason is nothing else but the faculty...

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Accordingly, this essay was written at the aim of expressing my own opinion in concerning to this ongoing debate. ... Science, indeed, also its own flaw; since science is largely based on our won empirical observation, empirical observations are sometimes misinterpreted due to the human's limited understanding and resource, thus creating a discrepancy with the reality. ... Moreover, according to Kuhn's theory, a paradigm shift is not gradual but revolution with major shift in understanding. ... For instance, human eyes have the ability of detecting about 16,000 different ...

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Locke was born in Wrington in Somerset County of Britain. After attending Oxford University, Locke began to tutor the family of a very prominent man, Anthony Ashley Cooper, who eventually became the King of England. While Cooper was on the throne, Locke experienced power as well, but when Cooper was...

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