Philosophical Views on Human Nature

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According to Locke, what is the state of the mind at birth?

Prone to vice

Tabula rasa (correct)

Innately virtuous

Full of innate ideas

What did Locke propose as the source of all ideas in the mind?

Innate knowledge

Divine intervention

Senses (correct)

Civil laws

How does Locke define moral good?

Instinctual behavior

Innate sense of right and wrong

Conformity or non-conformity of behavior to some law (correct)

Random acts of kindness

What did David Hume credit for giving empiricism its clearest formulation?

Hume's philosophical contributions Signup and view all the answers

According to Hume, what are impressions?

Immediate sensations of external reality Signup and view all the answers

What are ideas, according to Hume?

Recollections of impressions Signup and view all the answers

Which principle formulated by Hume relates to the vividness of impressions compared to ideas?

None of the above Signup and view all the answers

What kind of perceptions are impressions?

Immediate sensations of external reality Signup and view all the answers

What does Hume claim to be the source of the idea of cause and effect?

Certain relations between objects experienced by people Signup and view all the answers

Which philosopher emphasized that the mind at birth is a blank slate?

Locke Signup and view all the answers

Philosophical Views on Human Nature

Podcast

Questions and Answers

According to Locke, what is the state of the mind at birth?

What did Locke propose as the source of all ideas in the mind?

How does Locke define moral good?

What did David Hume credit for giving empiricism its clearest formulation?

According to Hume, what are impressions?

What are ideas, according to Hume?

Which principle formulated by Hume relates to the vividness of impressions compared to ideas?

What kind of perceptions are impressions?

What does Hume claim to be the source of the idea of cause and effect?

Which philosopher emphasized that the mind at birth is a blank slate?

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