1.3.2 Empiricist responses to innatism:

• The empiricist concept that the mind is a "blank slate" at birth is called Tabula
• Empiricists argue that all knowledge is a priori.

  False
• The idea that the mind starts as a "blank slate" is a core tenet of Tabula
• What did John Locke call the mind at birth, according to his empiricist theory?

  Tabula rasa
• Locke's concept of tabula rasa describes the mind as a "blank slate
• Which philosopher believed in innate ideas as concepts present from birth?

  Descartes
• The empiricist concept of tabula rasa states that the mind is a blank slate at birth
• John Locke argued that all knowledge ultimately derives from sensory impressions, not pre-existing innate ideas.


  True
• Hume believed that the formation of complex ideas results from the mind's natural tendency to associate simple sensory impressions.

  True
• Rationalists believe that reason and innate concepts are the primary sources of knowledge
• Rationalists believe innate ideas depend on sensory experience.

  False
• What is the key contrast between rationalist and empiricist views on knowledge?

  Innate vs. sensory experience
• Locke believed that all ideas come from sensory
• What is the term Locke used to describe the combination of simple ideas into complex ones?

  Association
• Empiricism contrasts with rationalism by emphasizing sensory experience over innate ideas.


  True
• Match the empiricist response to its description:

  Tabula Rasa ↔️ The mind starts as a blank slate

  Association ↔️ Simple ideas combine to form complex ideas

  Abstraction ↔️ General ideas are formed from experiences
• Which empiricist philosopher opposed the rationalist belief in innate ideas and emphasized sensory experience as the source of knowledge?

  George Berkeley
• What is the core belief of rationalism regarding the source of knowledge?

  Innate ideas
• What do rationalists believe about innate ideas?

  Present from birth
• Arrange the main empiricist responses to innatism in logical order:

  1️⃣ Tabula Rasa

  2️⃣ Association

  3️⃣ Abstraction
• Which philosopher argued that the mind at birth is a "tabula rasa"?

  John Locke
• John Locke believed that all knowledge comes from sensory experience.


  True
• General ideas, according to Locke, are formed by abstracting away details from particular experiences
• What is the central tenet of empiricism regarding the source of knowledge?

  Sensory experience
• What is the title John Locke gave to the mind at birth, emphasizing its lack of innate ideas?

  Tabula rasa
• David Hume argued that there is no empirical evidence to support the existence of innate concepts
• Match the philosophical concept with its description in rationalism or empiricism:

  Innate Ideas ↔️ Present from birth, independent of experience

  Tabula Rasa ↔️ The mind is a blank slate at birth

  Sensory Experience ↔️ All ideas originate from the senses