Tabula rasa, (Latin: “scraped tablet”—i.e., “clean slate”) in epistemology (theory of knowledge) and psychology, a supposed condition that empiricists have attributed to the human mind before ideas have been imprinted on it by the reaction of the senses to the external world of objects.

What did Locke mean by tabula rasa?

Locke (17th century)

In Locke's philosophy, tabula rasa was the theory that at birth the (human) mind is a "blank slate" without rules for processing data, and that data is added and rules for processing are formed solely by one's sensory experiences.

What is the meaning of Tabula?

tabula in British English

(ˈtæbjʊlə) nounWord forms: plural -lae (-ˌliː) an ancient tablet for writing on. Collins English Dictionary.