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| English philosopher John Locke was a founder of empiricism, a school of philosophy based on the belief that knowledge comes from everyday experience, scientific observation, and common sense, rather than from the application of reason alone. Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690) portrays each individual as a blank slate. The person’s experiences become notations on the slate and make each individual distinct from other people. | ||||||
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| Enlightenment, Age of; Empiricism; Locke, John; Philosophy, Western | ||||||
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