Lexicon of Arguments

 

Höffe I 244
Innate/Locke/Höffe: Innate [for Locke] are merely abilities that enable the formation of ideas and principles, but only attain real knowledge through experience. Descartes/Höffe: However, even for Locke's opponent, Descartes, the possession of innate ideas consists in nothing other than the inner ability to evoke them.
Höffe: There is probably a political reason why Locke so vehemently rejects innate ideas despite the small difference: According to Locke people are fallible, moreover they depend on mutual consideration which is why every dogmatism in the political-practical and every dogmatism in the theoretical field is fought.
Locke does not doubt the truth of a theoretical principle such as the principle of contradiction, nor the validity of basic moral norms such as justice, the prohibition of damages or the commandment to observe contracts. Nevertheless, he vehemently opposes the view that they are devoid of any discussion, because then the competent authorities would be entitled to prevent relevant discussions. Instead, everyone should have the right to check prevailing opinions with his own intellect, for example, that the human is not inherently free by nature or that (absolute) monarchy is derived from divine law.
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Danto I 113
Imagination/innate/Locke: Thesis: Imagination is innate. - (ChomskyVs). - Simple ideas cannot be imagined.
>Imagination/Kant, >Ideas/Locke, >Imagination.
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Euchner I 17
Ideas/LockeVs innate ideas: would they exist, cultures could not diverge this way.
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I 19
Spirit: blank blackboard.
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Arndt II 191
Innate ideas/tradition/Arndt: certain independence of ideas and language, recognition without language, representation.
>Thought and language, >World/Thinking, >Representation, >Language/Locke.