also: タブララーサ
noun
tabula rasa; blank slate
Philosophical term from Latin, referring to the mind before it receives impressions from experience. Used in epistemology and psychology.
from Latin
ロックは心をタブラ・ラサにたとえた。
Locke compared the mind to a tabula rasa.
経験論では、人間はタブラ・ラサとして生まれると考える。
In empiricism, it is thought that humans are born as a blank slate.
From Latin 'tabula rasa' (scraped tablet), via Western philosophy. The Japanese forms are direct loanwords.