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Lockes argument against innate concepts Michael Lacewing enquiriesalevelphilosophy.co.uk Michael Lacewing Innate concepts Some of our concepts are innate Innate: some concepts are somehow part of the structure of the mind rather than

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Locke’s argument against innate concepts Michael Lacewing
enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk © Michael Lacewing<br>
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Innate concepts Some of our concepts are innate
‘Innate’: some concepts are somehow part of the structure of the mind rather than being gained through experience.
If some propositional knowledge is innate, then some concepts must be innate.
If no concepts are innate, then no propositional knowledge is innate. © Michael Lacewing<br>
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Locke against innate concepts Shared assumption: innate concepts are universal.
Locke’s assumption: we are conscious of our concepts.
Inference: an innate concept is one that every human being has and is conscious of.
But newborn babies don’t have concepts
Certainly not IDENTITY or IMPOSSIBILITY
Locke gives these examples since innatists claimed that ‘It is impossible for the same thing to be, and not to be’ is innate knowledge. © Michael Lacewing<br>