SOCI 3630 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tabula Rasa, Mind, Metanarrative
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Individual human beings are born with no innate or a priori mental content. Tabula rasa: blank slate (pertaining to human nature) (no prior knowledge) In that kind of characterization, the blame is displaced onto females. We learn it through society, experimentation, etc. (different from the traditional idea of knowledge and presents the idea that humans are equal) How are we going to learn and what kind of knowledge will we be learning. Challenge traditional and biblical notions of gender roles. Public education is one of the fundamental rules of popular of legitimate government. The notion of equal opportunity vs equality of condition. Equity goes beyond equality and takes into account similar opportunities, historical marginalization of groups and individuals, etc. ^-he had a peculiar approach to education, which is now known as rousseau"s sociology of. Education, an education based on natural inclinations of men and women. The nature of one"s sex would determine the nature of the education one receives.