Nativist thought, that which focuses on the idea that there are some "innate ideas existing prior to concrete
experience
(Fancher, 26), allows for the existence of archetypal
knowledge and a communal unconscious. Empiricism is a philosophical doctrine that asserts that all knowledge is derived from
experience. According to the empiricist, all ideas are derived from experience. Nativism, as espoused by Descartes, requires that the soul be embodied with knowledge and experience prior to association with the body.