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The cambridge companion to Locke's essay concerning human understanding / edited by Lex Newman. - New York: Cambridge university press, 2007. - xiii, 486 p.




Includes bibliographical references and index.

The intellectual setting and aims of the Essay / G.A.J. Rogers
Locke's polemic against nativism / Samuel C. Rickless
The taxonomy of ideas in Locke's Essay / Martha Brandt Bolton
Locke's distinctions between primary and secondary qualities / Michael Jacovides
Power in Locke's Essay / Vere Chappell
Locke on substance / Edwin McCann
Locke on ideas of identity and diversity / Gideon Yaffe
Locke on ideas and representation / Thomas M. Lennon
Locke on essences and classification / Margaret Atherton
Language, meaning, and mind in Locke's Essay / Michael Losonsky
Locke on knowledge / Lex Newman
Locke's ontology / Lisa Downing
The moral epistemology of Locke's Essay / Catherine Wilson
Locke on judgment / David Owen
Locke on faith and reason / Nicholas Jolley

The Essay puts forward a systematic empiricist theory of mind. This Companion includes fifteen new essays from leading scholars, covering the major themes of Locke's work.

ISBN: 9780521542258

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Locke, John 1632-1704.
Knowledge, Theory of.

Dewey Class. No.: 121 / NEW