Tabula Rosa A popular Enlightenment-era conception of the human mind was that it was a tabula rosa, a blank slate devoid of content until an idea is impressed upon it by the child’s environment. It is often linked to the philosopher John Locke. It is not universally accepted, however, and many philosophers believe there is […]
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Gratitude
Gratitude was the subject of our Thanksgiving post, naturally enough, but more needs to be said. Putting the Shoe on the Other Foot It’s time to start looking at some characteristics of human nature from an atheist perspective. It happens all the time that debates over atheism and theism quickly boil down to evaluation of […]
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Thanksgiving would seem to be a perplexing concept for one who has rejected any possibility of there being something beyond the here-and-now of daily experience that presents itself to our sense impressions. Of course the question is: to whom would I be giving thanks? The idea of gratitude – motivating thanks-giving – is closely tied […]
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