Stephen Hicks discusses John Locke’s views on education, with excerpts from Locke’s Some Thoughts concerning Education. This is from Part 8 of his Philosophy of Education course.
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Steven,
Well said and presented. I’ll borrow one quote and run with it on my blog tomorrow….
Mark
Great. Thanks, Mark.
First of all, thank you very much for this amazing course! I had been doing some research before I got here and I have a doubt: Why does everywhere else John Locke appears as the founder of empiricism and not realism?
Thanks!!
Hi Ana. Thanks.
On Locke as realist/empiricist. “Empiricist” is narrower — a concept of epistemology, emphasizing the sensory basis of knowledge. “Realism” is broader — a label for a whole philosophy that is naturalistic in its metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and its view of human nature; typically realist philosophy includes empiricist epistemology.
Hope that helps.