Empiricism

Question 1

According to Empiricism,
where does all
Knowledge ultimately
come from?

Answer 1

A belief is Justified
only as it is derived
from sense experience.

“Apart from the senses,
we know nothing.”

Question 2

What does the Empiricist mean by “blank slate?”

Answer 2

Prior to any experience
we know nothing

The mind is a blank slate
at the point of conception.

“Tabula Rasa”

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Question 3

How might the claim that “All men are created equal” be seen as a consequence of the Empiricist view of knowledge?

Answer 3

From the point of conception,
there is nothing that can distinguish
between two individuals.

There are no material or physical traits
that give one man any priority
in reguards to any other man.

Question 4

What are the Empiricist primary qualities?

Answer 4

Solidity

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Motion/Rest (Energy Level)

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Question 5

What are the Empiricist secondary qualities?

Answer 5

Touch

Taste

Smell

Sound

Sight

Question 6

Why doesnt Locke think that secondary qualities are real features of substances?

Answer 6

The secondary qualities are
relative to the individual.

Question 7

What is
naïve realism?

Answer 7

All knowledge comes
from sense experience.

Question 8

What is
indirect realism?

Answer 8

All knowledge comes from:

Solidity

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Motion/rest (Energy State)

Question 9

What version of realism does Locke espouse?

Answer 9

Locke created indirect realism,
it is safe to assume he supports it.

Question 10

How does indirect realism open the way for the modern, scientific understanding of the physical world?

Answer 10

As all knowledge comes
from sense experience,
then we are able to experiment
to come to “logical” conclusions.