# John Locke — Democracy and Education character guide

> John Locke in Democracy and Education by John Dewey.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Locke, John

**First appearance:** 0101-ii-the-modern-theory-of-experience-and-knowledge

## Who they are

Empiricist philosopher whose ideas on mind and experience are examined.

## In the story

### [Education as Training of Faculties](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/democracy_and_education_se/chapters/iii-education-as-training-of-faculties)

Locke's theory of formal discipline is presented as the classic formulation, describing the mind as having ready powers (attention, observation, retention) that are trained through exercise on externally received sensations.

### [III: Applications in Education](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/democracy_and_education_se/chapters/iii-applications-in-education)

Alluded to in the discussion of habits and acquired instincts as part of the individual's intrinsic activities.

### [XX: Intellectual and Practical Studies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/democracy_and_education_se/chapters/xx-intellectual-and-practical-studies)

Locke is noted as the most influential empiricist, whose sensationalism was mitigated by recognition of mental faculties that organize sensory material.

### [The Modern Theory of Experience and Knowledge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/democracy_and_education_se/chapters/ii-the-modern-theory-of-experience-and-knowledge)

Locke's empiricism, including the tabula rasa and mental faculties, is discussed as a mitigated form of sensationalism.

### [The Individual and the World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/democracy_and_education_se/chapters/xxii-the-individual-and-the-world)

Mentioned among educational reformers who denounced learning acquired on hearsay and asserted that true knowledge must be tested by personal experience.

### [Mind as Purely Individual](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/democracy_and_education_se/chapters/i-mind-as-purely-individual)

Mentioned alongside Montaigne and Bacon as a reformer asserting that knowledge must grow from personal experience.

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