Hope LW doesn't mind me starting the thread off early. I'm not actually putting in any spoilers. I've seen the promos, but I actually wanna start off the thread with what Tabula Rasa actually means and then perhaps see if it bares any relation on what actually happens in the episode...
We were wondering what Tabula Rasa actually meant, if anything - I'm not up on my John Locke.....i put my research hat on...
i don't think it's really spoilerish as it's an explanation of Locke's theories and contains no actual reference to Buffy ....but we'll kick off with some spoiler space just in case :)
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Tabula Rasa - A Blank Tablet
(excerpt below taken from http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/l/locke.htm)
The ideas which sensation gives "enter by the senses simple and unmixed" (Bk. 2:2:1); they stand in need of the activity of mind to bind them into the complex unities required for knowledge. The complex ideas of substance, modes, and relations are all the product of the combining and abstracting activity of mind operating upon simple ideas, which have been given, without any connection, by sensation or reflection. Locke's account of knowledge thus has two sides. On the one side, all the material of knowledge is traced to the simple idea. On the other side, the processes which transform this crude material into knowledge are activities of mind which themselves cannot be reduced to ideas. Locke's metaphors of the tabula rasa, "white paper" (Bk. 2:2:1), and "dark room" misled his critics and suggested to some of his followers a theory very different from his own. The metaphors only illustrate what he had in hand at the moment. Without experience, no characters are written on the "tablets" of the mind; except through the "windows" of sensation and reflection, no light enters the understanding. No ideas are innate; and there is no source of new simple ideas other than those two. But knowledge involves relations, and relations are the work of the mind; it requires complex ideas, and complex ideas are mental formations. Simple ideas do not, of themselves, enter into relation and form complex ideas.
Edited to add: From buffyupn.com - their episode summary type thing - their tagline....fairly spoilerish...so invisible...hope this works..haven't tried it on ezboard before (highlight to read)
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The clean slate. Where are the Scoobies to go now after their run in with the musical demon? After revealing all of their secrets to each other, what would happen if they couldn't remember anything? [/html]
We were wondering what Tabula Rasa actually meant, if anything - I'm not up on my John Locke.....i put my research hat on...
i don't think it's really spoilerish as it's an explanation of Locke's theories and contains no actual reference to Buffy ....but we'll kick off with some spoiler space just in case :)
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Tabula Rasa - A Blank Tablet
(excerpt below taken from http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/l/locke.htm)
The ideas which sensation gives "enter by the senses simple and unmixed" (Bk. 2:2:1); they stand in need of the activity of mind to bind them into the complex unities required for knowledge. The complex ideas of substance, modes, and relations are all the product of the combining and abstracting activity of mind operating upon simple ideas, which have been given, without any connection, by sensation or reflection. Locke's account of knowledge thus has two sides. On the one side, all the material of knowledge is traced to the simple idea. On the other side, the processes which transform this crude material into knowledge are activities of mind which themselves cannot be reduced to ideas. Locke's metaphors of the tabula rasa, "white paper" (Bk. 2:2:1), and "dark room" misled his critics and suggested to some of his followers a theory very different from his own. The metaphors only illustrate what he had in hand at the moment. Without experience, no characters are written on the "tablets" of the mind; except through the "windows" of sensation and reflection, no light enters the understanding. No ideas are innate; and there is no source of new simple ideas other than those two. But knowledge involves relations, and relations are the work of the mind; it requires complex ideas, and complex ideas are mental formations. Simple ideas do not, of themselves, enter into relation and form complex ideas.
Edited to add: From buffyupn.com - their episode summary type thing - their tagline....fairly spoilerish...so invisible...hope this works..haven't tried it on ezboard before (highlight to read)
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The clean slate. Where are the Scoobies to go now after their run in with the musical demon? After revealing all of their secrets to each other, what would happen if they couldn't remember anything? [/html]
, and _very_ cute moments, with Willow and Tara all over each other every chance they get, and they almost have a 'first kiss'! And then BAM! They get the memory back.
It's just is soooo sad! It gives me belly rumblins.
