Human Mind is a Tabula Rasa

Subhani, Muhammad Imtiaz and Osman, Ms. Amber (2011): Human Mind is a Tabula Rasa. Published in: Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business , Vol. 3, No. 3 (2011): pp. 1173-1176.

Abstract

The Latin term Tabula Rasa equates to the English "blank slate" (which refers to writing on a slate sheet with chalk). Tabula rasa is the epistemological study that a human is born with no built-in mental content and that human knowledge comes from experience and perception. Generally exponents of the tabula rasa study favors the "nurture" side of the nature, when it comes to aspects of one's personality, social, emotional behavior, and intelligence.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Tabula Rasa, Blank Slate, John Locke, Nurture, Knowledge
• Subjects: A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics

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