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This 5 page paper examines Locke's arguments against innate principle. Furthermore, this paper explores what Locke considers to be the source of all ideas. Bibliography lists 1 source..
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present in all human beings from their birth. In other words, if such a concept were true, when a child was born he/she would bring into the world certain
information, hence the term "innate". However, John Locke did not buy into the notion of such a principle. Basically,
Locke believed that knowledge is never innate, and that in fact all knowledge is the result of experience. More specifically, Locke believed that experience was one of two kinds,
either sensory or reflective. In other words, when a child is born they are a blank page and what is eventually written on that page is all a result
of experience. Locke argues that if the notion of innate principle were actually true, then there would be certain information
upon which all of mankind could agree. For example, lets say that that liking chocolate ice cream was innate knowledge. If this were true, then every human being
who ever lived would have loved chocolate ice cream. In other words, whatever is being argued as being innate knowledge, if every person who ever lived does not maintain
that standard then the entire concept of innate knowledge cannot possibly be true. He further argues that those who say
that man is not necessarily consciously aware of the information which is innate are essentially idiots. He writes, "for to imprint anything on the mind without the minds perceiving
it seems to me hardly intelligible". The argument in response to Locke would be that indeed in time this innate knowledge would come to be known, and that is
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