Question

In regards to philosophy

Identify the epistemological position which claims that the human mind is, at birth, a tabula rasa (a blank slate), onto which the facts of experience are written; moreover, the sum of our experience forms the basis of human knowledge.

a. Experiential Epistemology

b. Empiricism

c. Rational Sensationism

d. Conceptualism

e. Scientific Realism

Answer 1

Identify the epistemological position which claims that the human mind is, at birth, a tabula rasa (a blank slate), onto which the facts of experience are written; moreover, the sum of our experience forms the basis of human knowledge.

The correct answer:

b. Empiricism

Tabula rasa in Latin means 'blank slate'.This theory is shared by empiricist philosophers that mind at birth is a blank slate, and all the knowledge is gained by experience.

In philosophy, empiricism is a doctrine that knowledge is gained from experience and hence your answer (b) Empiricism.

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