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John Locke

This person is the author of "Essay Concerning Human Understanding."

Descartes

This person is generally considered to be the first modern, as opposed to medieval, philosopher.

Schoolmen

This name refers to a type of philosophy or method of philosophy dominant from about the 11th century until the 16th century.

Cartesians

This name refers to people who believed that knowledge did not necessarily require experience and that there were innate ideas.

Epicureans

This name denotes a school of philosophy known for its materialism and atheism.

Stoics

This name denotes a school of philosophy that believed in the existence of fate and the non-reality of free will, as well as the necessity of acting morally no matter what the circumstances.

Platonists

This school of philosophy believed that we have all of our knowledge innately and that when we learn something, we are actually remembering it from a previous...

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