Essai sur l’origine des connaissances humaines

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Essai sur l’origine des connaissances humaines is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Étienne Bonnot de Condillac that develops an empiricist theory of how human knowledge arises from sensory experience.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction work ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
argues all human knowledge originates in the senses ⓘ
complex ideas are formed from simple sensations ⓘ
operations of the mind transform sensations into knowledge ⓘ
author Étienne Bonnot de Condillac ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticizes innate ideas ⓘ
rationalist accounts of knowledge ⓘ
discusses analysis of mental operations ⓘ
formation of language from sensory experience ⓘ
relationship between sensation and reflection ⓘ
focusesOn development of ideas from sensations ⓘ
role of sensation in knowledge ⓘ
genre Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality French ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasKeyConcept analysis of the faculties of the mind ⓘ
sensation as source of ideas ⓘ
transformation of sensations into judgments ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalPosition psychological empiricism ⓘ
sensationalism ⓘ
hasStructure systematic exposition of an empiricist theory of knowledge ⓘ
historicalPeriod Enlightenment ⓘ
influenced French Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
later empiricist epistemology ⓘ
influencedBy Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
mainTopic epistemology ⓘ
origin of human knowledge ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
sensory experience ⓘ
movementContext French Enlightenment ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline philosophy of psychology ⓘ
theory of knowledge ⓘ
philosophicalMovement empiricism ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
publicationYear 1746 ⓘ
titleLanguage French ⓘ

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Étienne Bonnot de Condillac → notableWork → Essai sur l’origine des connaissances humaines ⓘ
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac → notableWork → Essai sur l’origine des connaissances humaines ⓘ
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