Locke presents the mind as a blank slate at birth, filled through experience. No innate principles exist, according to Locke. Ideas are derived from experience through sensation or reflection. Primary qualities exist in bodies, secondary qualities are powers to produce sensations
Born around 1219/20 in England, Bacon became a Franciscan friar in 1256. Taught at Oxford and Paris universities, becoming Master and Doctor Mirabilis. Worked with Pope Clement IV, sending Opus Majus in 1267. Died around 1292, buried at Oxford
Born in 1561 to Sir Nicholas Bacon, educated at Cambridge University. Traveled extensively during his youth, studying law and diplomacy. Became Queen's Counsel in 1597, first recipient of this designation
Philosophy of science studies science's nature, workings, and knowledge building. No single simple definition exists for science. Epistemology deals with knowledge acquisition and justification. Empiricism emphasizes observable evidence from natural world
Born in London in 1561 to Lord Keeper Sir Nicolas Bacon. Attended Trinity College, Cambridge from 1573 to 1575. Left Gray's Inn at age 13 due to outdated curriculum
Born in 1632, Locke was raised in Pensford during English Civil Wars. Attended Westminster School at age 14 under royalist headmaster Busby. Elected King's Scholar in 1650, later criticized boarding schools