Innate Ideas

Innate Ideas Descartes vs Locke In this paper I will discuss the Descartes vs Locke debate on innate ideas, also giving insight on what an innate idea means. Each philosopher takes a very different stand on the issue and each point of view will be thoroughly examined. The main question at hand here is, where do our ideas come from? The controversy and basis of the argument is that some philosophers and others believe that …

…believed that all ideas were innate and Locke believed that all ideas came from experience. I believe that Descartes gave a better argument and Locke had more inconsistencies. I mentioned earlier my reasoning for this statement. So where do our ideas come from? No one “really” knows. Works Cited Solomon, Robert C. Introducing Philosophy. Seventh edition. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Inc. 2001. 208. Stich, Stephen, ed. Innate Ideas. Berleley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1975. 71-86.