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- Dictionarytabula rasa/ˌtabjʊlə ˈrɑːzə/
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- 1. an absence of preconceived ideas or predetermined goals; a clean slate: "the team did not have complete freedom and a tabula rasa from which to work"
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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.
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noun. ta· bu· la ra· sa ˌta-byə-lə-ˈrä-zə. -sə. pluraltabulae rasae ˌta-byə-ˌlī-ˈrä-ˌzī. -ˌsī. 1. : the mind in its hypothetical primary blank or empty state before receiving outside impressions. 2. : something existing in its original pristine state. Did you know?
Tabula rasa (/ ˈ t æ b j ə l ə ˈ r ɑː s ə,-z ə, ˈ r eɪ-/; Latin for "blank slate") is the idea of individuals being born empty of any built-in mental content, so that all knowledge comes from later perceptions or sensory experiences.
in philosophy, the human mind before it has any thoughts or ideas, as it is at birth: Holmes conceives of the mind as a tabula rasa. Fewer examples. His aim in the east was obliteration: to create a tabula rasa for the new order which was in process of realization.
Tabula rasa is a Latin phrase meaning a blank tablet or a clean slate, often used to describe the mind in its original state before experience. Learn more about its origin, synonyms, and usage examples from Collins English Dictionary.
Tabula rasa is Latin for "blank slate" and refers to a mind that is not influenced by experiences or impressions. Learn the origin, history, and usage of this philosophical term with Dictionary.com.
An opportunity to begin again with no record, history, or preconceived ideas is one kind of tabula rasa. Architects use the term to describe the place where a torn-down building once stood, which they now see as an opportunity to start over with a new, better, structure.
