The Philosophy Of Descartes On The Affirmative, And John...

Are ideas innate or not? First, I will present the debate on innate ideas as argued by Descartes on the affirmative, and John Locke on the negative. Descartes view that we do indeed have innate ideas which comes from his meditations concerning the idea of god. While Locke would argue that we do not have innate ideas and that is rooted in his belief that all knowledge is a result of our experiences. Descartes was a French philosopher who was a rationalist. Rationalists believe that all ideas are innate. What this means is that we have all truths already in our minds from birth, and we do not need to take in any information from the outside world to know what is truth. In his book Meditations on First Philosophy Descartes tries to prove that we do have innate ideas. He does so through his mediations on god and wax. Descartes states that all human beings make mistakes, this is shown when he says â€Å"The senses do sometimes deceive us† (Cress 1993,14). Descartes is saying that we can be incorrect in our judgments when we use our senses. We may see someone from afar and believe the to be our friend Jane, but once that person comes closer we realize that it was not Jane but someone else entirely. Thus we have made a mistake. Our senses gather information from the outside world and thus not an innate idea. Descartes argued that when human beings make mistakes like this we are imperfect. When he says human beings are imperfect he is stating that we will not be 100% correct 100%Show MoreRelatedThe Origin, Development and Significance of Human Rights10255 Words   |  42 Pages(including the materialism of Hobbes, the rationalism of Descartes and Leibniz, the pantheism of Spinoza, and the empiricism of Bacon and Locke) encouraged a belief in natural law and universal order; and during the 18th century, the so-called Age of Enlightenment, a growing confidence in human reason and in the perfectibility of human affairs led to the more comprehensive expression o f this belief. Particularly important were the writings of John Locke, arguably the most important natural-law theoristRead MoreOrganizational Behaviour Analysis28615 Words   |  115 Pageselements taken more broadly from areas such as anthropology and ethnography, as well as occasional incursions from economics, political ‘science’, and industrial relations. There are also some elements taken from the arts and humanities such as philosophy, history and (very controversially) literary and art criticism. It is, then, a broad field which, to add to the confusion, also goes under several different names, some of which you will encounter when reading texts on the subject. The two mainRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pagesmarketing and sales staff. More than one hundred instructors reviewed parts or all of Organizational Behavior, Fifteenth Edition. Their comments, compliments, and suggestions have significantly improved the final product. The authors wish to thank John D. Kammeyer-Mueller of the University of Florida for help with several key aspects of this revision. The authors would also like to extend their sincerest thanks to the following instructors: Lee Boam, University of Utah Andres Johnson, Santa Clara