concept innatism
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- Created on: 18-05-16 20:11
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- concept innatism
- the idea that some of our concepts are innate
- concepts are structures of the mind rather than being gained through experience
- Locke against innate concepts
- innate concepts are universal and we are aware of them
- new born babies do not have concepts (certainly not identity and impossibility)
- a concept can only be a part of our mind without us being concious of it if it is a memory
- but concepts are meant to be from birth so are not remembered and are not new, how???
- a concept can only be a part of our mind without us being concious of it if it is a memory
- new born babies do not have concepts (certainly not identity and impossibility)
- innate concepts are universal and we are aware of them
- Leibniz's innatism
- before innate concepts are triggered or made explicit they exist as dispositions in the mind,neither remembered or new
- argued that every concept we gain via reflection(internal) is innate
- before innate concepts are triggered or made explicit they exist as dispositions in the mind,neither remembered or new
- Plato's universals
- sense perception only gives us experiences of certain things
- we never experience redness or beauty,only examples of it
- concepts of universals are concepts of perfections
- we never experience redness or beauty,only examples of it
- sense perception only gives us experiences of certain things
- Descartes trademark (wax argument)
- when i melt a piece of wax it loses all of its original sensory qualities yet i believe that it is the same wax
- what i think of as wax remains through sensory changes
- i know that wax can undergo far more extension than what i can imagine
- therefore my concept of what as changeable and expandable does not derive from sensory experience
- must be a part of our innate understanding
- therefore my concept of what as changeable and expandable does not derive from sensory experience
- i know that wax can undergo far more extension than what i can imagine
- what i think of as wax remains through sensory changes
- when i melt a piece of wax it loses all of its original sensory qualities yet i believe that it is the same wax
- the idea that some of our concepts are innate
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