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1 online resource (312 pages) |
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The Routledge Guides to the Great Books |
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Routledge guides to the great books.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Author preface; 1 Locke's life and work; Locke's life and times; The structure of the Essay and its place in Locke's work; Contemporary reception of the Essay; The place of the Essay in the history of philosophy; 2 Ideas; The historical background to Locke's critique of innatism; Locke's uses of the term 'idea'; Locke's arguments against innate ideas; A modern nativist's response to Locke; 3 Perception; Ideas and sense perception; The traditional interpretation of Locke's view; An 'adverbialist' interpretation of Locke |
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Locke's account of secondary qualities as powersBerkeley's critique of the distinction between primary and secondary qualities; In defence of a moderate representationalism; 4 Substance; A brief history of the notion of substance; Locke on individual substances and substance in general; Locke's distinction between 'real' and 'nominal' essences; The criticisms of Berkeley and Hume; The revival of substance in modern ontology; 5 Identity; Sortal terms and criteria of identity; Locke on the identity of matter and organisms; Locke on persons and personal identity |
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Difficulties for Locke's account of personal identityIn defence of the substantial self; 6 Action; Locke on volition and voluntary action; Some questions and answers about volitions; Locke on voluntariness and necessity; Locke on 'free will'; Volitionism vindicated; 7 Language; Words, thoughts and things; Locke's ideational theory of linguistic signification; Locke's theory of abstraction; Problems with abstract general ideas; A neo-Lockean view of language and thought; 8 Knowledge; Intuition and experience; Reality and truth; Reason, probability and faith |
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The extent and limits of human knowledgeEpilogue: The legacy of Locke's Essay; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
John Locke is widely acknowledged as the most important figure in the history of English philosophy and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is his greatest intellectual work, emphasising the importance of experience for the formation of knowledge. The Routledge Guidebook to Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding introduces the major themes of Locke's great book and serves as a companion to this key work, examining:The context of Locke's work and the background to his writing Each part of the text in relation to its goals, meaning and impact |
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Print version record |
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Locke, John, 1632-1704. Essay concerning human understanding.
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Essay concerning human understanding (Locke, John) fast |
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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epistemology.
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Knowledge, Theory of
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Electronic book
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9781136205521 |
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1136205527 |
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