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According to Locke, what is the state of the mind at birth?
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?
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?
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?
What did David Hume credit for giving empiricism its clearest formulation?
According to Hume, what are impressions?
According to Hume, what are impressions?
What are ideas, according to Hume?
What are ideas, according to Hume?
Which principle formulated by Hume relates to the vividness of impressions compared to ideas?
Which principle formulated by Hume relates to the vividness of impressions compared to ideas?
What kind of perceptions are impressions?
What kind of perceptions are impressions?
What does Hume claim to be the source of the idea of cause and effect?
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?
Which philosopher emphasized that the mind at birth is a blank slate?