question: John Locke (; 29 August 1632 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism". Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Sir Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence.

Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin of modern conceptions of identity and the self, figuring prominently in the work of later philosophers such as David Hume, Rousseau, and Immanuel Kant. Locke was the first to define the self through a continuity of "consciousness". He postulated that, at birth, the mind was a blank slate or "tabula rasa". Contrary to Cartesian philosophy based on pre-existing concepts, he maintained that we are born without innate ideas, and that knowledge is instead determined only by experience derived from sense perception. This is now known as empiricism. An example of Locke's belief in Empiricism can be seen in his quote, "whatever I write, as soon as I discover it not to be true, my hand shall be the forwardest to throw it into the fire." This shows the ideology of science in his observations in that something must be capable of being tested repeatedly and that nothing is exempt from being disproven. Challenging the work of others, Locke is said to have established the method of introspection, or observing the emotions and behaviours of one's self.
1. Who influenced Voltaire?
2. Who else did he influence besides Voltaire?
3. What was his occupation?
4. Was he a doctor?
5. When was he born?
6. Did he have an impact on Americas Founding documents?
7. Who did he influence in America?
8. Can you name one of his theories?
9. What does that theory state?
10. Does it have another name?
11. What is that?
12. What philosophers did he influence?
13. When did he die?
14. Where was he from?
15. What is he known as?
16. Whos tradition did he follow in?
17. What theory was he important to?
18. What did he maintain humans were born with?
19. What did he believe in?
20. Did he challenge other peoples work?
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answer: 1. John Locke
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau,
3. English philosopher
4. Yes.
5. 1632
6. Yes.
7. American revolutionaries.
8. Theory of mind.
9. At birth, the mind was a blank slate.
10. Yes.
11. Tabula rasa.
12. David Hume,
13. 1704
14. England.
15. Father of Liberalism.
16. Sir Francis Bacon.
17. Social contract theory.
18. Without innate ideas,
19. Empiricism.
20. Yes.

question: Garry Golden is a futurist. Futurists are scientists who analyze the way the world is today and use that information.to predict what the world will be like in the future. Golden focuses on the study of transportation. He spends his days studying the relationships between cars, subways, and trains. But he's most excited about imagining the way these relationships will change in the future. Many public transportation supporters dislike big cities because they spend hours driving from one side of the city to the other. And there aren't enough buses and. subways. However, Golden sees a trend toward fewer cars' in the future. He explains, "Cities have a cost of car ownership, which is a challenge. All these vehicles cost the city in services, in having to repair roads and other things. "Cars also take up a lot of space. Golden points out that having so many parking spaces is wasteful. Much of the time the parking spaces sit empty. What is the solution?"I think cities will make new laws to limit the number of cars people can have ," says Golden. "Instead, people will use taxis, subways, and buses. New technology, like smartphones, can make these forms of public transportation even better. Imagine if everyone had a smartphone and used them to signal when they wanted to ride the bus. Buses could change their route to meet people's requests." How soon would these changes come? Golden admits that it will take several years. Cities can be slow to change. Also, new systems of transportation can be expensive. "But it's coming," he says. "The trend of the empowered city will be here soon. " The other trend that excites Golden is electric cars. Golden especially believes in the future of electric cars that have sensors to understand the world around them. "If we have cars that can communicate with one another, they can adjust speeds to cut down on traffic jams,"he says. Rush hour in big cities would be much less painful. One challenge is that it is hard to cheaply produce batteries that are strong enough for these cars. But Golden argues we could, also make cars out of strong plastic composites . The cars would then be much lighter and much cheaper to make. Golden remains positive about the future. "There are so many exciting developments ,"he says. "In thirty years we will live a different world. "
1. What is the last name of this person??
2. And the first?
3. What are they?
4. What does he examine?
5. What does he especially look forward to?
6. What do people spend too much time doing in big areas?
7. Is there a shortage of anything there?
8. What is one thing?
9. What else?
10. What does he think will happen?
11. What is a disadvantage of automobiles?
12. What else?
13. What does it waste?
14. What might mayors do instead?
15. What will people start to use?
16. What is something they could do with their phones?
17. What is the trend called he thinks will happen?
18. What else is he looking forward to?
19. What is a problem with them?
20. And a solution?
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answer:
1. Golden
2. Garry
3. a futurist
4. the study of transportation
5. The way relationships between cars, subways, trains will change in the future
6. they spend hours driving from one side of the city to the other.
7. Yes
8. buses
9. subways
10. a trend toward fewer cars' in the future.
11. Cities have a cost of car ownership,
12. Cars also take up a lot of space.
13. having so many parking spaces is wasteful.
14. limit the number of cars people can have ,
15. taxis, subways, and buses.
16. used them to signal when they wanted to ride the bus
17. empowered city
18. electric cars
19. to cheaply produce batteries that are strong enough for these cars.
20. we could, also make cars out of strong plastic composites