Theory I want to start out with an excerpt from Wikipedia (I study Philosophy so sorry if the geek in me comes out haha). Anyways, here it is:
"The term "empirical" was originally used to refer to certain ancient Greek practitioners of medicine who rejected adherence to the dogmatic doctrines of the day, preferring instead to rely on the observation of phenomena as perceived in experience. The doctrine of empiricism was first explicitly formulated by John Locke in the 17th century. Locke argued that the mind is a tabula rasa ("clean slate" or "blank tablet"; Locke used the words "white paper") on which experiences leave their marks. Such empiricism denies that humans have innate ideas or that anything is knowable without reference to experience."
Here is how I think this comes into play: "Tabula Rasa" was the name of the first episode after the pilot, and of course, one of the main characters name is John Locke! The last line of the excerpt is what I want to focus on: you can not have knowledge without a reference to experience.
John Locke seems to just "know" things on the island. He knows when it is going to rain and when it is going to stop. He knows when things are going to happen. If we look back to Desmond and how he "re-lived" parts of his life, this is where I think we start to see a connection.
I believe this all goes to the "Time Theory" of the LOST island. I am starting to think that maybe Locke knows these things for a reason. Empiricists, and more specifically the real John Locke, said that people do not just know things, they have to have a reason to know them, and it comes from previous lived experience. For example, we are not born to know that a stove is hot. However, over the years and maybe even a burnt hand, we soon learn not to touch a stove that is turned on because it is going to burn our hands. Looking at some of the characters, we see only (in my search anyway) references to Empiricists philosophers: Rousseau (Danielle), Hume (Desmond), and Locke for example.
Sorry if all of this is choppy, but basically what I am getting at is that I believe this is all to show us that maybe what is happening on the island is not happening is the time we think it is. Maybe they know what is going to happen to them because of the time-space slip up. I don't really have the time to go deeper into this and would like to see what you all think as well. But I think the references are too big to overlook. There are still too many unanswered questions right now, but I am starting to think with the flashforwards that we are going to get a good number answered soon.
Theory by Brandon Wallace
"The term "empirical" was originally used to refer to certain ancient Greek practitioners of medicine who rejected adherence to the dogmatic doctrines of the day, preferring instead to rely on the observation of phenomena as perceived in experience. The doctrine of empiricism was first explicitly formulated by John Locke in the 17th century. Locke argued that the mind is a tabula rasa ("clean slate" or "blank tablet"; Locke used the words "white paper") on which experiences leave their marks. Such empiricism denies that humans have innate ideas or that anything is knowable without reference to experience."
Here is how I think this comes into play: "Tabula Rasa" was the name of the first episode after the pilot, and of course, one of the main characters name is John Locke! The last line of the excerpt is what I want to focus on: you can not have knowledge without a reference to experience.
John Locke seems to just "know" things on the island. He knows when it is going to rain and when it is going to stop. He knows when things are going to happen. If we look back to Desmond and how he "re-lived" parts of his life, this is where I think we start to see a connection.
I believe this all goes to the "Time Theory" of the LOST island. I am starting to think that maybe Locke knows these things for a reason. Empiricists, and more specifically the real John Locke, said that people do not just know things, they have to have a reason to know them, and it comes from previous lived experience. For example, we are not born to know that a stove is hot. However, over the years and maybe even a burnt hand, we soon learn not to touch a stove that is turned on because it is going to burn our hands. Looking at some of the characters, we see only (in my search anyway) references to Empiricists philosophers: Rousseau (Danielle), Hume (Desmond), and Locke for example.
Sorry if all of this is choppy, but basically what I am getting at is that I believe this is all to show us that maybe what is happening on the island is not happening is the time we think it is. Maybe they know what is going to happen to them because of the time-space slip up. I don't really have the time to go deeper into this and would like to see what you all think as well. But I think the references are too big to overlook. There are still too many unanswered questions right now, but I am starting to think with the flashforwards that we are going to get a good number answered soon.
Theory by Brandon Wallace
