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Innatism




  Innatism is a philosophical doctrine that holds the mind is born with ideas, it is not a 'blank slate' at birth. It asserts not all knowledge originates from experience and the five senses.

  Often there are ideas considered necessarily true, but, not everyone has agreed to, universally. Gottfried Leibniz would say it is not because they do not possess the knowledge, but, have not yet become aware of the innate idea. He would argue principles, already embedded in our minds can, evidently, be brought to the surface. This is like needing to only hear the first few notes of a song in order to recall the rest of the melody.

  John Locke, an antagonist to the innate concept, argues the mind is, in fact, devoid of all knowledge at birth, that it is tabula rosa or a blank slate. He argues all ideas are constructed in our minds by way of constant composition and decomposition of input from the five senses. Locke also has a problem with an innate idea that can be imprinted on the mind without the owner realizing it. Referring to the analogy, we may not be able to recall the entire melody until we hear the first few notes, but, the picture completes because we already knew the rest of the melody.



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