http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23471278

J Allied Health. 2013 Spring;42(1):1.

From ape to author.

Elwood TW.

Source

Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, Washington, DC, USA. thomas@asahp.org.

Abstract

According to Charles Darwin in his Notebook M: [Metaphysics on Morals and Speculations on Expression] in 1838, "He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke." A prevailing theory in the 18th century proclaimed by John Locke was that knowledge consists of generalizations from experience. The mind acts simply to associate events that have been joined together through proximity and repetition. From these associations it generates behavior. Anything we think or do ultimately can be traced to our experience.