How did John Locke's views differ from those of Descartes?
How did that determine Locke's views of the self?
- Locke's revolutionary theory was that the mind is a tabula rasa (blank slate) which is written on by experience.
- Like Descarte, Locke believed in developing knowledge based on clear thinking, rigorous analysis, and real-world observation and experimentation.
- For Descartes, reasoning provides the origin of knowledge. For Locke, all knowledge originates in our direct sense experience.
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According to Epictetus, which of the following will not happen if you regard things not up to you as up to you?
a. You will be hindere d. b. You will be disturbe d. c. You will find fault with no one. d. You will be fearful. e. All of these answers.
According to the U.S. Supreme Court in McClesky v. Kemp, what does the strong
statistical evidence of racial bias in the imposition of the death penalty show?
a. It is cruel and unusual punishment. b. It accords with contemporary standards of decency. c. It shows nothing concerning the constitutionality of capital punishment. d. It shows that capital punishment is unconstitutional.
Confucianism is a system of religion only
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The Druids apparently worshipped
A. two principal complementary deities, a god and a goddess. B. one High God. C. at least thirty gods of nature. D. a family of ten gods.