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1. John Locke

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   John Locke (1632–1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism." His political philosophy profoundly impacted the theory and practice of modern governance, particularly constitutionalism and the structure of representative government. Locke's epistemology challenged prior scholastic a…

2. John Locke

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   Locke’s seminal work in the theory of knowledge, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), is a foundational text of British Empiricism. He argued against the doctrine of innate ideas, asserting that all knowledge originates from sensory experience or the reflection upon those experiences.
   The concept of the tabula rasa suggests that the human mind is entirely void of predetermined content. Locke meticulously categorized the origins of simple and complex ideas derived …

3. Knowledge

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   Empiricism and Sensory Data
   Empiricists, including John Locke and David Hume, maintain that all knowledge originates from a posteriori experience, derived through the senses. The mind begins as a tabula rasa (blank slate), subsequently inscribed by environmental stimuli.
   A critical challenge arises in interpreting raw sensory input. According to the Taxonomy of Perceptual Viscosity (TPV), the perceived clarity of an ob…