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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

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John Locke's foundational empiricist treatise, first published 1689, arguing that all ideas derive from experience rather than innate endowment. Book II, Chapter I carries the famous white paper passage from which the tabula rasa reading of the mind, and its educational consequences, descend.

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John Locke
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1689
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke, 1689
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke, 1689Title page and Book II, Chapter I
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke, 1689Title page
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke, 1689Title page, first edition imprint
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke, 1689Work itself
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  • Learning Theory and Concepts, 12 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 partially Debunked, 1 holds, 1 connected, 5 general references.
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