Locke

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 INDICE: Abbreviations Preface 1          Locke’s life                                                                                                      2          The nature and role of ideas                                                                          3          The negative project: against innatism                                                           4          The positive project: ideational empiricism                                                                 4.1       Simple ideas                                                                                                    4.2       Sensation and reflection                                                                                  4.3       Complex ideas                                                                                                  4.4       Abstract ideas                                                                                                  4.5       Challenges to ideational empiricism:                         the ideas of infinity and substratum                                                   5          Substances                                                                                                                  5.1       Body, matter, space, and vacuum                                                                   5.2       Spirit                                                                                                    6         Qualities                                                                                                           7         Mental operations                                                                                                        7.1       Actions and passions                                                                                        7.2       Will and willing                                                                                                  7.3       Voluntariness and involuntariness                                                                   7.4       Freedom, necessity and determination of the will                                            7.5       A problem for Locke’s theory of freedom and will determination           8          Relations                                                                                                                       8.1       Identity and diversity                                                                                       8.2       Moral relations                                                                                      9          Language                                                                                                                    9.1       Language and meaning                                                                                   9.2       The imperfections and abuses of language                                                     9.3       Nominal essence, real essence, and classification                               10        Knowledge and belief                                                                                                    10.1     The official account of knowledge                                                                     10.2     The degrees of knowledge                                                                               10.3     Anti–dogmatism and anti–skepticism                                                                 10.4     Faith and religious enthusiasm                                                             11        Moral philosophy                                                                                                           11.1     Morality and God’s will                                                                                      11.2     Natural law                                                                                                       11.3     Punishment and slavery                                                                                   11.4     Property                                                                                                           11.5     Family                                                                                                   12        Political philosophy                                                                                                       12.1     Political society                                                                                                 12.2     Legitimate rule                                                                                                 12.3     Varieties of illegitimate rule                                                                              12.4     Toleration      

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-8936-1
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 11/04/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés