1. Substance (things in themselves)“A something I know not what”
Locke’s Empiricism All knowledge ultimately derived from experience vs. koinai ennoiai (common in minds/innate ideas)
Sensation
Insensible
Mind=Tabula Rasa-blank slate
Reflection=‘ideas the mind gets by reflecting on its own operations within itself’
Understanding can ‘repeat, compare, and unite simple ideas.’
Secondary
Sensible
Qualities:
Sweetness
Redness
Hot
Loud
Hard
Primary Qualities:
solidity
extension
figure (shape)
mobility
number
Substance (things in themselves)“A something I know not what”
Complex ideas
simple
ideas