[The Routledge Philosophers 01] • Locke by Lowe, E.J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Halftitle Title Copyright Contents Preface Acknowledgements Chronology Life and Work One

Locke’s Life and Times Locke’s Writings The Contemporary Impact of Locke’s Work Summary Further Reading

Knowledge and Experience Two

Locke’s Rejection of Innate Ideas Locke’s Version of Empiricism Locke’s Theory of Sense Perception Was Locke an Indirect Realist? Locke’s Distinction between Primary and Secondary Qualities Locke’s Account of Knowledge Summary Further Reading

Substance and Identity Three

Substance and Mode in Locke’s Essay Locke’s Correspondence with Stillingfleet Further Difficulties for Locke’s Account of Substance Martin’s Interpretation of Lockean Substratum Substance and Real Essence Locke on the Ideas of Number and Unity Locke on Identity and Personal Identity Summary Further Reading

Language and Meaning Four

Ideationism and Locke’s Account of Language A Lockean Response to the Prejudices of Literacy Locke and the Problem of Privacy The Essential Role of Ideas in Thinking A Response to Some Objections Summary Further Reading

Agency and Will Five

Locke on Free Action and ‘Freedom of the Will’ Locke on Causation, Volition and Voluntary Action Locke and the Problem of ‘Deviant Causal Chains’ Involuntariness and the Sufficiency Claim Personhood, Personal Identity and Free Agency Summary Further Reading

Liberty and Toleration Six

The State of Nature and the Nature of Man Social Contract and Government by Consent Locke’s Theory of Property and Property Rights Rights of Resistance and the Limits of Political Obligation Religious Toleration Summary Further Reading

Legacy and Influence Seven Glossary Bibliography Index