John Locke’s

Philosophy
by
Bugaay Lida Olaes Torres
 Who is John Locke ?

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Born Died Role

> August 29, 1632 > October 28, 1704 Enlightenment

> Wrington, England > Oates, England
“The only fence
against the world
is a thorough
knowledge of it.”
—John Locke
 Identity
John Locke's main
philosophy about
personal identity
or the self is Consciousness

founded on
consciousness or
memory.
Memory
 In his work, " Identity and Diversity" in An
Essay Concerning Human Understanding
(1689),

“consciousness can be
transferred from one
"if the same Substance substance (body and soul)
which thinks be changed, to another. While the soul
it can be the same person, is changed, for instance,
or remaining the same, it consciousness remains this, he claimed that there
can be a different person." the same, thereby
maintaining the personal
identity through the
change.
“consciousness may be
lost involuntarily through
forgetfulness while the
soul stays the same. With
is the same soul but a
different person.
His philosophy can
be understood
easily in his
illustration of “The
Prince and the
Cobbler.”
The other remarkable contribution
of this country lawyer was the
notion of tabula rasa.

“posits that everyone started

as a blank slate, and the
content is provided by one's
experiences over time”.