John Locke's description of a general idea corresponds to a description of a concept.

In fact, our modern idea of the theory is mostly attributed to John Locke's expression of the idea in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding in the 17th century.

Locke's phrase " association of ideas " is employed throughout, " idea " being taken as including every mental state but sensation.

It is, however, a most important modification of Locke's doctrine, and connects Hutcheson's mental philosophy with that of Reid, when he states that the ideas of extension, figure, motion and rest " are more properly ideas accompanying the sensations of sight and touch than the sensations of either of these senses "; that the idea of self accompanies every thought, and that the ideas of number, duration and existence accompany every other idea whatsoever ( see Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions, sect.

As a metaphysician he starts from what he terms the higher scepticism of the Hume-Kantian sphere of thought, the beginnings of which he discerns in Locke's perplexity about the idea of substance.

The idea, first rudimentally presented in Locke's Essay on Human Understanding, of a natural coherence between sensible beings being necessary for communication not only of words, but of emotions and states of being, was here brought out more fully.

The Latin translation of his philosophical novel, entitled Philosophus Autodidactus, published by Edward Pococke the Younger in 1671, had an influence on John Locke's formulation of tabula rasa in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

Locke is famously attributed with holding the proposition that the human mind is a tabula rasa, a " blank tablet ," in Locke's words " white paper ," on which the experiences derived from sense impressions as a person's life proceeds are written.

This represented a break with the past, in that previously it was believed that external and absolute reality could impress itself, as it was, on an individual, as, for example, in John Locke's ( 1632 – 1704 ) empiricism, which saw the mind beginning as a tabula rasa ( An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 1690 ).

The Latin translation of his philosophical novel, entitled Philosophus Autodidactus, published by Edward Pococke the Younger in 1671, had an influence on John Locke's formulation of tabula rasa in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

In Locke's philosophy, tabula rasa was the theory that the ( human ) mind is at birth a " blank slate " without rules for processing data, and that data is added and rules for processing are formed solely by one's sensory experiences.

The Latin translation of his work, entitled Philosophus Autodidactus, published by Edward Pococke the Younger in 1671, had an influence on John Locke's formulation of tabula rasa in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

Subscribing to Locke's empiricist viewpoint involving the tabula rasa, Herbart believed that the soul had no innate ideas or no already pre-established Kantian categories of thought.

A 17th century Latin translation Philosophus Autodidactus ( published by Edward Pococke ) of the Arabic philosophical novel Hayy ibn Yaqzan by the 12th century Andalusian-Islamic philosopher and novelist Ibn Tufail ( known as " Abubacer " or " Ebn Tophail " in the West ) had an influence on John Locke's formulation of tabula rasa in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

It refers to philosopher John Locke's tabula rasa thesis, an empirical conception that states that all individuals are born with a blank slate and build their bank of knowledge and their identity solely from their experiences and perceptions.

This represented a break with the past, in that previously it was believed that external and absolute reality could impress itself, as it was, on an individual, as, for example, in John Locke's ( 1632 – 1704 ) empiricism, which saw the mind beginning as a tabula rasa ( An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 1690 ).

Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin of modern conceptions of identity and the self, figuring prominently in the work of later philosophers such as Hume, Rousseau and Kant.

Locke's Second Treatise also points towards the heart of the anti-mercantilist critique: that the wealth of the world is not fixed, but is created by human labor ( represented embryonically by Locke's labor theory of value ).

There is considerable debate about whether his conception of natural law was more akin to that of Aquinas ( filtered through Richard Hooker ) or Hobbes ' radical reinterpretation, though the effect of Locke's understanding is usually phrased in terms of a revision of Hobbes upon Hobbesean contractualist grounds.

John Locke's close relationship with Clarke, along with the respect he commanded, is seen by academics as what led to this decision.

On Locke's vibraphone ( on the right ) the resonators are only as long as they need to be ; the cap in each tube is near the bottom.

The highest point in Barnstead is above sea level along the town's northern border, near the community of Locke's Corner.

He is known, among other things, for his critique of Thomas Hobbes's egoism and John Locke's theory of personal identity.

Specifically, John Locke as part of his argument against the " Divine Right of Kings " in his book Two Treatises of Government defines it this way: “ Tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to ; and this is making use of the power any one has in his hands, not for the good of those who are under it, but for his own private, separate advantage .” Locke's concept of tyranny influenced the writers of subsequent generations who developed the concept of tyranny as counterpoint to ideas of human rights and democracy.

In fact, Locke's First Treatise is entirely a response to Filmer's Patriarcha, and takes a step by step method to refuting Filmer's theory set out in Patriarcha.

Kant's distinction is similar to John Locke's distinction between primary and secondary qualities.

Proof of Locke's ability to estimate costs accurately is given by the fact that the construction of the Grand Junction line cost £ 18, 846 per mile as against Locke's estimate of £ 17, 000.

That John Locke's philosophy of the social contract fathered the American Revolution with its Declaration of Independence, I believe, we generally accept.

Locke's famous attack on innate ideas in the first book of the Essay effectively destroyed that foundation and replaced it with a theory of knowledge based on experience.

However, the theory has been traced back to Treatise of Taxes, written in 1662 by Sir William Petty and to John Locke's notion, set out in the Second Treatise on Government ( 1689 ), that property derives from labor through the act of " mixing " one's labor with items in the common store of goods, though this has alternatively been seen as a labor theory of property.

This plain language carried over to John Locke's teaching, which emphasized concrete knowledge and steered away from ornamentation in speech, further alienating rhetorical instruction, which was identified wholly with this ornamentation, from the pursuit of knowledge.

" He had Locke's and Condiallac's theory that we are born with empty heads and that our ideas arise from what we perceive and experience.

An intense interest in spiritualism, parapsychology, and hypnosis continued throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, running in parallel with John Locke's views that there was an association of ideas requiring the coexistence of feelings with awareness of the feelings.

With his scanty earnings he bought a Latin copy of John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, and mastered it with the aid of a Latin dictionary.

He accepts with some indecision Locke's deduction of our knowledge from two sources, sensation and reflection, and uses as his main principle of explanation the association of ideas.

Virlomi defects, bringing news of Petra ; the three band together and, with the aid of Bean's soldiers and Locke's distinguished connections, move on Hyderabad, arriving just as the Chinese do.

Fell had in former years cultivated Locke's friendship, had kept up a correspondence with him, and in 1663 had written a testimonial in his favour ; and the ready compliance of one who could on occasion offer a stout resistance to any invasion of the privileges of the university has been severely criticised.

According to those scholars who saw the root of Jefferson's thought in Locke's doctrine, Jefferson replaced " estate " with " the pursuit of happiness ," although this does not mean that Jefferson meant the " pursuit of happiness " to refer primarily or exclusively to property.

This was conducted according to the principles enunciated in Locke's Thoughts concerning Education, and the method of teaching Latin and Greek conversationally was pursued with such success by his instructress, Elizabeth Birch, that at the age of eleven, it is said, Ashley could read both languages with ease.

Richard Ashcraft argued in Revolutionary Politics and Locke's " Two Treatises of Government " that Locke instead wrote the Two Treatises later, and that he should therefore be associated with the Radical Whigs and the intrigues surrounding the Rye House Plot and the Monmouth Rebellion.

Locke's biography states that he was a troubled adolescencent and had a long juvenile arrest record for misdemeanor offenses, which he claims was partially influenced by his childhood fascination with rap music before converting to the Baptist Christianity of his grandparents in 1992.

The Drapier agreed with the Irish interpretation of the law and incorporated aspects of Molyneux's arguments that combined proof the law was misinterpreted and Locke's political philosophy.