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.