Tabula rasa (Latin: scraped tablet or clean slate) refers to the epistemological thesis that individual human beings are born with no innate or built-in mental content, in a word, "blank", and that their entire resource of knowledge is built up gradually from their experiences and sensory perceptions of the outside world.

History

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In Western philosophy, traces of the idea that came to be called the tabula rasa appear as early as the writings of Aristotle:

What the mind thinks must be in it in the same sense as letters are on a tablet (grammateion) which bears no (methen) actual writing (grammenon); this is just what happens in the case of the mind. (Aristotle, On the Soul, 3.4.430^a1).

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Cody Bye Thu, 21 May 2009 21:44:04 -0000
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Ethec Fri, 08 May 2009 15:43:12 -0000
#1,075 - Garriott's NCSoft $24M lawsuit - is it all in the family? In yesterday's Loading... Garriott's Gambit, we reviewed the gritty details of Richard Garriott's lawsuit against NCSoft in what will become the strange final chapter of Tabula Rasa. We knew that...
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Ethec Thu, 07 May 2009 15:53:20 -0000
#1,074 - How Esquire British's $24M lawsuit could affect both Garriott and NCSoft. Richard Garriott is suing NCSoft for a cool $24 million. Has he unwittingly announced his retirement from games development too? We'll walk you through the financial speak and legalese to get to...
Richard Garriot Sues NCsoft at Ten Ton Hammer
Savanja Wed, 06 May 2009 16:35:21 -0000
Twenty-four million dollar lawsuit says Richard is NOT happy There was much rumor and speculation around Richard Garriott's departure from Tabula Rasa and the final demise of the game that closed servers forever but now we know that Richard didn't go...
Game Designer Eulogy for Tabula Rasa at Ten Ton Hammer
Savanja Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:17:07 -0000
Get the industry perspective on what went wrong. Tabula Rasa is long gone and while players have had their endless say about what went wrong and how unfair it has been for the few fans, it is always nice to get a professional opinion from game...

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