Briefly explain Locke's arguments against innate ideas. Do you think these arguments are damaging to Descartes' conviction that he has at least one innate idea: that he is thinking and that he exists?

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0:00 Introduction
01:12 Citing
01:46 Locke's Argument on Innate Ideas
12:00 Debate on Locke's Argument vs Descartes' cogito ergo sum
26:01 Signing off & Final Thoughts

EGCC Introduction to Philosophy

References in APA (links available upon request as YT will not let me post external links however this should provide plenty of info to find them):
Lacewing, M. (2014). Locke vs Leibniz on innate knowledge. A Level Philosophy. Retrieved August 24, 2022
Markie, P., & Folescu, M. (2021, September 2). Rationalism vs. Empiricism. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved August 24, 2022