Locke
Samenvatting
In a focused assessment of one of the founding members of the liberal tradition in philosophy and a self–proclaimed Under–Labourer working to support the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century, the author maps the full range of John Locke s highly influential ideas, which even today remain at the heart of debates about the nature of reality and our knowledge of it, as well as our moral and political rights and duties.
Comprehensive introduction to the full range of Locke s ideas, providing an up–to–date account that acknowledges issues raised by recent scholarship over the past decade
A well–rounded perspective on one of the intellectual giants of the western philosophical tradition
Provides detailed coverage of Locke s two key works, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and The Two Treatises of Government.
A sophisticated analysis by a highly respected academic
A vital addition to the Blackwell Great Minds series
Specificaties
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<p>abbreviations xi</p>
<p>1 locke′s life 1</p>
<p>2 the nature and role of ideas 13</p>
<p>3 the negative project: against innatism 23</p>
<p>4 the positive project: ideational empiricism 39</p>
<p>4.1 simple ideas 40</p>
<p>4.2 sensation and reflection 43</p>
<p>4.3 complex ideas 46</p>
<p>4.4 abstract ideas 56</p>
<p>4.5 challenges to ideational empiricism: the ideas of infinity and substratum 61</p>
<p>5 substances 70</p>
<p>5.1 body, matter, space, and vacuum 70</p>
<p>5.2 spirit 75</p>
<p>6 qualities 83</p>
<p>7 mental operations 98</p>
<p>7.1 actions and passions 98</p>
<p>7.2 will and willing 101</p>
<p>7.3 voluntariness and involuntariness 103</p>
<p>7.4 freedom, necessity, and determination of the will 104</p>
<p>7.5 a problem 110</p>
<p>8 relations 113</p>
<p>8.1 identity and diversity 114</p>
<p>8.2 moral relations 128</p>
<p>9 language 133</p>
<p>9.1 language and meaning 134</p>
<p>9.2 the imperfections and abuses of language 140</p>
<p>9.3 nominal essence, real essence, and classification 143</p>
<p>10 knowledge and belief 152</p>
<p>10.1 the official account of knowledge 152</p>
<p>10.2 the degrees of knowledge 156</p>
<p>10.3 anti–dogmatism and anti–skepticism 159</p>
<p>10.4 faith and religious enthusiasm 164</p>
<p>11 moral philosophy 169</p>
<p>11.1 morality and God′s will 169</p>
<p>11.2 natural law 172</p>
<p>11.3 punishment and slavery 176</p>
<p>11.4 property 180</p>
<p>11.5 family 187</p>
<p>12 political philosophy 195</p>
<p>12.1 political society 196</p>
<p>12.2 legitimate rule 197</p>
<p>12.3 varieties of illegitimate rule 207</p>
<p>12.4 toleration 209</p>
<p>index 215</p>