John Locke · Politics

The Blank Slate

Locke’s claim that the mind begins empty, all knowledge comes from experience - and why that was politically explosive.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned Locke’s view that the mind is a blank slate. Give one argument for it and one objection a critic might raise.

Leads to Gottfried Leibniz.

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