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 Locke's representative theory of perception.

01 Mar 2026
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John Locke, a central figure in Modern Western Philosophy, proposed the representative theory of perception as part of his empiricist framework. According to Locke, human knowledge originates from experience, and the mind at birth is a tabula rasa, or blank slate. Perception, for Locke, involves the interaction between the external world and the human mind, but it does not provide direct access to objects themselves. Instead, what we perceive are *ideas* or *representations* of external objects. Locke distinguished between *primary* and *secondary qualities*. Primary qualities, such as shape, size, and motion, exist objectively in objects and are inseparable from them. Secondary
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