Prior to the start of the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century and the practice of the scientific method, magical thinking almost entirely ruled human civilization.

The Essay puts forward a systematic empiricist theory of mind, detailing how all ideas and knowledge arise from sense experience. Locke was trained in mechanical philosophy and he crafted his account ...

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