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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which philosopher is most well known for theorizing that the mind at birth is tabula rasa or a “blank slate”?
A
Rene Descarte
B
John Locke
C
Aristotle
D
Francis Bacon
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -John Locke, as perceived by your senses. In his brilliant 1689 work An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Locke argues that, at birth, the mind is a tabula rasa (a blank slate) that we fill with ‘ideas’ as we experience the world through the five senses.

Detailed explanation-2: -tabula rasa, (Latin: “scraped tablet”-i.e., “clean slate”) in epistemology (theory of knowledge) and psychology, a supposed condition that empiricists have attributed to the human mind before ideas have been imprinted on it by the reaction of the senses to the external world of objects.

Detailed explanation-3: -Locke believes that we are able to notice or experience our mind performing these actions and when we do we receive ideas of reflection. These are ideas such as memory, imagination, desire, doubt, judgment, and choice. Locke’s view is that experience (sensation and reflection) issues us with simple ideas.

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