Philosophy Flashcards
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English empiricism
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A determination to trust only what is made evident to the senses or experienced directly (disregards theories or ideas)
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John Locke
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An essay concerning human understanding (1690) puts forward view that ideas are formed when direct sense impressions from the world are imprinted on the mind
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Thomas Hobbes
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Life outside society described as ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short’
