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"An Essay Concerning Human Understanding", one of the most influential books in the history of philosophy, is considered to be the greatest work of the English philosopher, John Locke. In this study, the historical meaning and philosophical significance of Locke's "Essay", are comprehensively investigated. This work was originally published in two volumes, "Epistemology" and "Ontology", and this paperback edition has combined the full text of both.

Table of Contents:
Introduction PART I IDEAS Introduction to Part I; Ideas and compositionalism in traditional logic; Ideas and epistemology before Locke; Simple and complex ideas; Ideas as images; Ideas as intentional acts and ideas as intentional objects Ideas as natural signs; Ideas: a summary; Reflections on the structure of thought PART II KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF Introduction to Part II The degrees of knowledge and the role of method Other divisions of knowledge; Probability and the nature of 'assent'; The grounds of probability; Reflections on the definition of knowledge; Belief and rationality; PART III PERCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE Introduction to Part III The authority and limits of 'sensitive knowledge' Does perceptual knowledge have independent authority? Does perceptual knowledge have a firm boundary? The scope of perceptual knowledge; Two modern approaches to sensation; Private language and secondary qualities PART IV PARTICULARS, UNIVERSALS AND INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE Introduction to Part IV Locke's arguments on space and time in context Thought about particulars; Locke's theory of universal knowledge in context Abstraction and the ideal of precision; Intuition and innate knowledge; Locke on meaning and some modern criticisms Reflections on understanding and imagination Necessity, reason and language; Conclusions of Volume I VOLUME II ONTOLOGY Introduction PART I SUBSTANCE AND MODE Introduction to Part I Substance, essence and accidents before Locke; Our complex ideas of substances and the idea of substance in general; Substance and real essence, matter and spirit, and the obscurity and confusion of the idea of substance; Substance, mode and the argument from language; Species and their names in the corpuscularian world; Are there real species? Locke on the difference between substances and modes Reflections on the notion of substance PART II GOD, NATURE AND THE LAW OF NATURE Introduction to Part II; Forms of mechanism before Locke; he form of Locke's mechanism; Reflections on rationalism, empiricism and mechanism The existence of God; The Law of Nature and human freedom; Reflections on Locke's ethics PART III IDENTITY Introduction to Part III ; Locke on 'masses of matter' ; Locke on living things ; Forms of material unity; Artificial and other problematic objects ; Personal identity before the Essay; Locke's theory of personal identity; Contemporary reactions to Locke's theory; Neo-Lockean and anti-Lockean theories of personal identity in analytic philosophy; Conclusions of Volume II


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780415100304
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Depth: 38
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 42 mm
  • Weight: 1016 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0415100305
  • Publisher Date: 02 Dec 1993
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 700
  • Series Title: Arguments of the Philosophers
  • Sub Title: Epistemology and Ontology
  • Width: 156 mm


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