What is "tabula rasa"

Tabula \Tab"u*la\, n.; pl. Tabul[ae]. [L.]

1. A table; a tablet.

2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.

   Tabula rasa[L.], a smoothed tablet; hence, figuratively, the mind in its earliest state, before receiving impressions from without; -- a term used by Hobbes, Locke, and others, in maintaining a theory opposed to the doctrine of innate ideas.

"the mind in its primary state," 1530s, from Latin tabula rasa, literally "scraped tablet," from which writing has been erased, thus ready to be written on again, from tabula (see table (n.)) + rasa, fem. past participle of radere "to scrape away, erase" (see raze). A loan-translation of Aristotle's pinakis agraphos, literally "unwritten tablet" ("De anima," 7.22).

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The idea that the mind comes into this world as a "blank slate". 2 (context countable English) Anything which exists in a pristine state.

1. n. a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke)

2. an opportunity to start over without prejudice [syn: fresh start, clean slate]

Tabula Rasā is a collaborative album by American banjoist Béla Fleck together with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (playing traditional Indian slide guitar " Mohan veena") and Jie-Bing Chen, who plays the traditional Chinese two-string fiddle " Erhu". The unusual combination of Fleck's banjo together with these traditional instruments creates a unique sound on this album, which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album at the 39th Grammy Awards.

"Tabula Rasa" is the eighth episode of season 6 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It explores the characters not as they are, but as they could be, after they lose their memory to a spell gone awry.

Tabula rasa ("blank slate") is a philosophical concept.

Tabula Rasa may also refer to:

Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa was an MMORPG developed by Destination Games and published by NCsoft, designed in part by some of the creators of Ultima Online including Richard Garriott. The game was a role-playing video game that blended certain shooter aspects into the combat system. It was officially released to retail on November 2, 2007, with customers that pre-ordered the game allowed access to the live servers from October 30, 2007. The development team released updates, called "Deployments," nearly every month following launch. The game required a monthly subscription.

Tabula Rasa was about humanity's last stand against a group of aliens called the Bane. The story took place in the near future on two planets, Arieki and Foreas, which were in a state of constant conflict between the AFS (Allied Free Sentients) and the Bane. The term tabula rasa means "clean slate" in Latin, which refers to a fresh start, or starting over.

According to the developers, the game included the ability for players to influence the outcome of a war between the player characters and the NPCs.

Tabula Rasa closed on February 28, 2009, with servers slated to become free to play on January 10, 2009.

"Tabula Rasa" (Latin for blank slate) is the third episode of the first season of Lost. It was directed by Jack Bender and written by Damon Lindelof. It first aired on October 6, 2004, on ABC.

The character of Kate Austen ( Evangeline Lilly) is featured in the episode's flashbacks, showing how she got captured in Australia by the US Marshal Edward Mars ( Fredric Lane). In the present day events, Jack Shephard ( Matthew Fox) and Hugo "Hurley" Reyes ( Jorge Garcia) learn that Kate is a convict and fugitive while Jack is trying to save the marshal from the injuries he sustained during the Oceanic Flight 815 plane crash.

The episode was watched by 16.54 million Americans and received mixed reviews from critics. It is the first episode to feature a 'Previously on Lost' segment, a clip shown at the beginning of each episode summarizing the recent events of the show. The episode receives its name from the philosophical idea of tabula rasa, meaning blank slate, a concept which is brought in one of the episode's final lines, when Jack tells Kate that all of the Flight 815 survivors should be allowed to restart with a new life.

Tabula Rasa is the sixth full-length studio album from the German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten and was released in 1993.

Anita Lane joins Blixa Bargeld on vocals for the song "Blume."

Tabula Rasa was a major progressive rock group from Finland in the 1970s.

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Tabula Rasa is a musical composition written in 1977 by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The piece contains two movements, "Ludus" and "Silentium," and is a double concerto for two solo violins, prepared piano, and chamber orchestra.

Tabula Rasa is Swedish heavy metal band Bloodbound's 2009 album. While not a concept album per se, most songs tie in with the concept of tabula rasa, have some connection with a literal translation thereof, or have a lyrical foundation associated with literature mentioning tabula rasa.

" Tabula Rasa" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and sixty-fourth episode overall. The episode aired on October 19, 2009.

Tabula Rasa was a post-hardcore & math-rock band from Pittsburgh, PA. They were featured on Deep Elm’s Me Against the World: The Emo Diaries Chapter 7 and released a self-titled EP on One Day Savior Recordings as well as a full length album The Role of Smith on A-F Records.

Tabula Rasa is a 2010 novel by Israeli author Nathan Shaham. Originally published in Hebrew, the book has not yet appeared in English translation.

Shaham, himself a long-time member of Kibbutz Beit Alfa, has said he wasn't interested in assigning blame for the failures of the kibbutz depicted in the novel, only trying to understand what happened and why.

Tabula Rasa (Latin for "blank slate") is the fourth studio album by Nigerian singer Brymo, released independently on October 30, 2014. It is the first album released by the singer since the Federal High Court of Lagos lifted Chocolate City's injunction against him. The album was preceded by the single "Fe Mi" which was released in the month leading to the album's release. The LP's material includes the recurring theme of freedom. Critical reception to Tabula Rasa was overwhelmingly positive, with many critics deeming it a "classic".