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jan 1, 1690 - Essay concerning human understanding

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Written in 1690 by John Locke, it portrayed a person's mind at birth as a blank tablet whose content would be determined by sense experience. His vision of the mind has been aptly compared to an early version of behaviorism.

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jan 1, 1690
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~ 336 years ago