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John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
social contract
concept in political philosophy
tabula rasa
Latin phrase; philosophical theory of mind
state of nature
hypothetical conditions of human life before society
Damaris Cudworth Masham
British philosopher (1659-1708)
Molyneux's problem
philosophical thought experiment: “if a man born blind, who can feel the differences between shapes, is given the ability to see, could he distinguish those objects by sight?”
Lockean proviso
element of Locke's theory of property
labor theory of property acquisition
the idea that a human owns the fruits of their labor
An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture
Dissertation by Isaac Newton