Journal article

Nature and education according to Locke and Condillac

Pages 103 to 118

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  • Pierrès, R.
(2024). Nature and Education According to Locke and Condillac. Archives de philosophie, 87(4), 103-118. https://doi.org/10.3917/aphi.874.0103.

  • Pierrès, Raphaёl.
« Nature and education according to Locke and Condillac ». Archives de philosophie, 2024/4 Volume 87, 2024. p.103-118. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-archives-de-philosophie-2024-4-page-103?lang=en.

  • PIERRÈS, Raphaёl,
2024. Nature and education according to Locke and Condillac. Archives de philosophie, 2024/4 Volume 87, p.103-118. DOI : 10.3917/aphi.874.0103. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-archives-de-philosophie-2024-4-page-103?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/aphi.874.0103


English

This paper sheds light on the relationship between nature and education by comparing Locke’s Some Thoughts Concerning Education with Condillac’s Cours d’études. I begin by analyzing the state of nature in Locke, in relation to his defense of a natural pedagogical method. Is it legitimate to aim for a natural education, or should we assume a separation between education and nature? I then turn to the relationship between nature and custom in Condillac’s Cours d’études, and the function of natural signs in philosophies of experience.