The Lockean Mind

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John Locke (1632–1704) is considered one of the most important philosophers of the modern era and the first of what are often called ‘the Great British Empiricists.’ His major work, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, was the single most widely read academic text in Britain for fifty years after its publication and set new limits to the scope and certainty of what we can claim to know about ourselves and the natural world. The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were both highly influenced by Locke’s libertarian philosophical ideas, and Locke continues to have an impact on political thought, both conservative and liberal. It is less commonly known that Locke was a practicing physician, an influential interpreter of the Bible, and a policy maker in the English Carolina colonies. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, Locke’s work is central to epistemology; metaphysics; philosophy of mind; philosophy of language; natural philosophy; ethical, legal-political, and social philosophy; as well as philosophy of education and philosophy of religion. This volume will also be a valuable resource to those in related humanities and social sciences disciplines with an interest in John Locke. Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents Notes on contributors Abbreviations Introduction to the volume Part 1 Historical background 1 Life and works Part 2 Locke’s interlocutors 2 Locke and William Molyneux 3 Locke and Damaris Cudworth Masham 4 Locke and Catharine Trotter Cockburn 5 Locke and Edward Stillingfleet 6 Locke and Anthony Collins 7 Locke and Jonas Proast 8 Locke and Philippus van Limborch Part 3 Locke’s epistemology 9 Locke against the nativists 10 Locke on knowledge and certainty 11 Locke on knowledge and opinion 12 Locke on knowledge of the external world 13 Locke on cognitive bias: Of the Conduct of the Understanding and diseases of the mind Part 4 Locke’s philosophy of mind 14 Locke on ideas as signs 15 Locke on sense perception 16 Locke on consciousness and reflection 17 Locke on memory 18 Locke on superaddition and thinking matter 19 Locke and projects for naturalizing the mind in the 18th century Part 5 Locke on philosophy of language and logic 20 Locke on the origins, nature, and functions of language 21 Locke on the uses and abuses of language 22 Locke and Sergeant on syllogistic reasoning Part 6 Locke’s metaphysics 23 Locke on space and duration 24 Locke on power and freedom 25 Locke on substance 26 Locke on individuation and identity 27 Locke on persons and personal identity 28 Locke and the current debate on personal identity Part 7 Locke’s natural philosophy 29 Locke on physiology and medicine 30 Locke on scientific methodology 31 Locke and corpuscularianism 32 Locke on causation and the laws of nature 33 Locke on essences 34 Locke on primary and secondary qualities 35 Locke, Newton, and Edmund Law Part 8 Locke’s moral philosophy 36 Locke’s metaethics 37 Locke on knowledge of morality 38 Locke’s moral psychology 39 Locke on moral agency and moral agents Part 9 Locke on education 40 Locke on habituation and the association of ideas 41 Locke on intellectual and moral virtue 42 Locke and Rousseau on educating for freedom Part 10 Locke’s political philosophy 43 Locke on the state of nature 44 Locke on property 45 Locke on consent 46 Locke and executive power 47 Locke on toleration: rejecting the sovereign remedy 48 Locke’s republican and liberal legacy Part 11 Locke’s social philosophy 49 Locke on the signification of money and the ‘raising of the coin’ 50 Locke on slavery 51 Locke on marriage 52 Locke on children’s rights and obligations 53 Locke on midwifery and childbirth: a glimpse of a sexist epistemology? Part 12 Locke on religion 54 Locke on our idea and knowledge of God 55 Locke on reason, revelation, and miracles 56 Locke on enthusiasm 57 Locke on biblical method and theological interpretation 58 Locke on resurrection and the afterlife 59 Locke and contemporary philosophy of religion Index