Monday, March 10, 2008
Locke 1 Dotto
Locke completely rejects the idea of innate principles because no matter what, there will always be one person who does not agree with, or a lacks a certain knowledge. If Locke says that there is no knowledge beyond the conscious mind and it is obtained through our experiences and nothing else, then how does he explain our memories? Locke basically says that there is no such thing as latent memories, or latent learning, which is defined as things(principles and ideas) we are unaware of. I disagree with his rejection of innate knowledge. I think that it's possible that these ideas do exist, and we choose to reject or accept them.Our memories come into the conscious mind when stimulated to do so. We cannot always be aware of every single memory we have had, our brain would overload with too much information. If there is nothing in our minds other than what we are aware of, as Locke says, then how do we remember or learn things?
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