When Locke proposed the idea that humans start out w/zero knowledge, does it philosophically appeal to You?

Question

In other words do you agree with him that we start out life with zero knowledge?

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Answer 1

How does a carrot know what shape to grow ?
I think we start with knowledge.
If it there was no societal teaching and copying from other people we would function by instinct.
Instinct is genetic memory.

Answer 2

Evolutions has its own ways to sustain . Human beings didnt start with zero knowledge , only that we have now come to a point of superior knowledge evolving through times , if we hadnt start with wheels in old age no wonder we hadnt been driving around by your mechanised cars . So the difference lies only in the degree of knowledge and utilities at each point of times viz : the old era and the new era

Answer 3

No and such teaching has been poisonous because it contradicts all of the ancient wisdom of world history.

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

i do not agree with that simply for the fact that we are born with instincts which, in itself, is knowledge of some sort... but it does, as you said, philosophically appeal to me... i would enjoy perhaps look at some of Locke's other proposed ideas...

~haloguitarist

Answer 6

Tabula rasa has never appealed to me. I think genetics is a strong factor and it gives us tons of knowledge and behavioral traits for the rest of our entire lives.