Concept information
Preferred term
tabula rasa
Definition
- English philosopher John Locke proposed that the mind of the newborn infant is a tabula rasa, or blank slate, on which experience writes. Locke was an empiricist. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Tabula Rasa]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/tabula_rasa
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