A Little History - Algoma University：一点历史阿尔哥玛大学.ppt

Dead White guys are not all bad Dead White guys are not all bad ?? As is the case with all As is the case with all science, the first science, the first investigations into investigations into learning were done by learning were done by philosophers philosophers ?? Aristotle Aristotle ?? Contiguity (both spatial Contiguity (both spatial and temporal) and temporal) ?? Similarity Similarity ?? contrast contrast Empiricism Empiricism ?? Then the Romans ruled the known world Then the Romans ruled the known world ?? Then the barbarians came Then the barbarians came ?? Yadda yadda yadda Yadda yadda yadda ?? Then along cam the British Empiricists Then along cam the British Empiricists ?? Believed that knowledge was all based on Believed that knowledge was all based on experience experience ?? Hobbes and Lock are probably the best Hobbes and Lock are probably the best examples examples ?? Locke Locke ’’ s blank paper or s blank paper or ‘‘ tabula rasa tabula rasa ’’ The Nativists were their rivals The Nativists were their rivals ?? Them being the Them being the Empiricists Empiricists ?? Kant and Descartes Kant and Descartes ?? Descartes thought of the Descartes thought of the mind and the body as mind and the body as separate things separate things ?? Kant believed that we Kant believed that we were born with natural were born with natural concepts like space