Similarities And Weaknesses Of Descartes And Locke On The...

Have you ever wondered about how we got the ideas that we have? Renà © Descartes and John Locke, both seventeenth-century philosophers, are often seen as two of the first early modern philosophers. One question that the both of them try to tackle is the origin of ideas. Descartes and Locke do not provide the same answers to this question. This paper will discuss some of the strengths and weaknesses of both augments of Descartes and Locke on the topic of the origin of ideas. It will also discuss who had the stronger argument overall. Descartes believes that all of our thoughts are innate. These are ideas that you were born with and not acquired through our senses. There are some strengths and weaknesses in this augment. First off is one of the strengths that I see with his argument for innate ideas. It is his argument about senses and how they are unreliable. Descartes says that we cannot trust our senses because our senses can lie to us. I find this augment to be quite valid because our senses can fool us fairly easily to make us think that things are not as they appear. This lead to Descartes’ thoughts that our senses could be completely unreliable if we are insane or dreaming. There is no definitive test to tell if we are dreaming because you can always dream the results. While Descartes claims that there is no way to be certain that one is not asleep. Descartes came up with one of his most popular thoughts â€Å"I think therefore I am† when combating his dream argument.Show MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pagesresearch interests are in (1) personality, moods, and emotions; (2) job attitudes; (3) leadership and influence behaviors; and (4) careers (person–organization fit, career success). Dr. Judge has published more than 140 articles on these and other major topics in journals such as Journal of Organizational Behavior, Personnel Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, European Journal of Personality, and European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. Fellowship: Dr