Howdy, fellas.
It has been a long night at work, so shall we just get straight into it? Yeah? Yeah.
Firstly, I am a fan of Locke strictly because he gets his point across in a concise, understandable way, and we stan for a man that can do that.
Secondly, I want to talk about a passage from page 471 where Locke describes the two fountains of knowledge in correlation to his own opinion. He starts by supposing the mind is a completely blank piece of white paper. "How comes it to be furnished?" This pulled me in because when we are born, our mind is quite like a blank piece of paper destined to be filled with memories, wisdom, ideas, and, most importantly, knowledge. He makes the point that all material that fills our piece of paper builds into knowledge that comes from observation and experience.
The two fountains of knowledge, if I understood correctly are our "observations of external sensible objects" and "internal operations of our mind."
See, we aren't just born with immediate knowledge. We learn by watching, mimicking, and expanding on the concepts we come across as we age.
The more I read of this particular passage, the more I found myself nodding in agreement.
I also want to mention something he said that I found moderately entertaining. On page 473, he stated, "I confess myself to have one of those dull souls...". I may have taken it out context, but I did chortle a bit at such a forlorn statement.
As for the serious portion of my blog, do you agree with his blank page mind opinion? Why or why not? And to further inquire, do you feel like your own "blank page" is filled with good material, hypothetically?
P.S. no song this week :(
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It has been a long night at work, so shall we just get straight into it? Yeah? Yeah.
Firstly, I am a fan of Locke strictly because he gets his point across in a concise, understandable way, and we stan for a man that can do that.
Secondly, I want to talk about a passage from page 471 where Locke describes the two fountains of knowledge in correlation to his own opinion. He starts by supposing the mind is a completely blank piece of white paper. "How comes it to be furnished?" This pulled me in because when we are born, our mind is quite like a blank piece of paper destined to be filled with memories, wisdom, ideas, and, most importantly, knowledge. He makes the point that all material that fills our piece of paper builds into knowledge that comes from observation and experience.
The two fountains of knowledge, if I understood correctly are our "observations of external sensible objects" and "internal operations of our mind."
See, we aren't just born with immediate knowledge. We learn by watching, mimicking, and expanding on the concepts we come across as we age.
The more I read of this particular passage, the more I found myself nodding in agreement.
I also want to mention something he said that I found moderately entertaining. On page 473, he stated, "I confess myself to have one of those dull souls...". I may have taken it out context, but I did chortle a bit at such a forlorn statement.
As for the serious portion of my blog, do you agree with his blank page mind opinion? Why or why not? And to further inquire, do you feel like your own "blank page" is filled with good material, hypothetically?
P.S. no song this week :(
Commented on: Sydney's & Breanna's
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