corythesuit
Cory the suit
I'm just curious, is John Locke's "tabula rasa" rooted in empiricism or is that idea more representational realism? What's the difference between empiricism and representational realism?
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Empiricism and representational realism
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Tabula Rasa is a function of empiricism. The meaning behind the term is that we do not have innate truths. You are, effectively, a blank slate. You might recognize the truth of something as being independent of experience (tautology for instance: a=a) but this is not something which is innate to your being. You begin life with zero experience and with zero experience you have zero "truth."
Indirect or Representational realism presupposes that our interaction with reality (i.e. the world around us) is limited to perceptions and internal mental models (see perceptual control theory). Empiricism is a question of: "Where do we get knowledge from and how do we acquire it?" whereas realism (direct versus indirect) is a question of: "What constitutes knowledge?"
The Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is good for questions such as this; I use it quite often.
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Indirect or Representational realism presupposes that our interaction with reality (i.e. the world around us) is limited to perceptions and internal mental models (see perceptual control theory). Empiricism is a question of: "Where do we get knowledge from and how do we acquire it?" whereas realism (direct versus indirect) is a question of: "What constitutes knowledge?"
The Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is good for questions such as this; I use it quite often.
MTF