In a defense of this book, Catharine Trotter Cockburn emphasizes its concept of reflection to respond to the criticisms of Thomas Burnet. This book posits a person who has the soul of Nestor during the siege of Troy, yet has none of Nestor’s memories, to argue for an account of identity based on continuity of consciousness. The second edition of this book was expanded at the behest of William Molyneux, who also names a problem discussed in this book regarding the ability of a blind man to distinguish between shapes by sight alone after he gains the ability to see. The first section of this book, “Of Innate Notions,” argues that our ideas are derived from sense experience. For 10 points, the mind is analogized to a blank slate in what empiricist work by John Locke? ■END■
ANSWER: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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