PSYC 2110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Urie Bronfenbrenner, Phenylketonuria, Gregor Mendel
5 Mar 2018
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John locke (1632 - 1704) - english philosopher of the age of reason/early age of enlightenment. Influenced the development of epistemology and political philosophy, is one of the most influential early enlightenment thinkers. He argued that all of our ideas are ultimately derived from experience, and the knowledge of which we are capable is therefore severely limited in its scope and certainty (child is empty slate and society provides necessary experience). His philosophy of mind is often cited as the origin for modern conceptions of identity and "the self", the mind was a "tabula rasa" (or "blank slate") and that people are born without innate ideas. Jean-jacques rousseau (1712-1778) french philosopher/writer of age of enlightenment. His political philosophy, the formulation of social contract theory (or contractarianism), strongly influenced the french revolution and the development of liberal, conservative and socialist theory.
