Locke

John Locke (1632-1704) was one of the towering philosophers of the Enlightenment and arguably the greatest English philosopher. Many assumptions we now take for granted, about liberty, knowledge and government, come from Locke and his most influential works, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Two Treatises of Government.

E. J. Lowe is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Durham

Preface

vii

Acknowledgements

x

Chronology

xi

One Life and Work

1

(21)

Locke's Life and Times

2

(6)

Locke's Writings

8

(7)

The Contemporary Impact of Locke's Work

15

(5)

Summary

20

(1)

Further Reading

21

(1)

Two Knowledge and Experience

22

(37)

Locke's Rejection of Innate Ideas

23

(9)

Locke's Version of Empiricism

32

(3)

Locke's Theory of Sense Perception

35

(3)

Was Locke an Indirect Realist?

38

(10)

Locke's Distinction between Primary and Secondary Qualities

48

(4)

Locke's Account of Knowledge

52

(5)

Summary

57

(1)

Further Reading

58

(1)

Three Substance and Identity

59

(40)

Substance and Mode in Locke's Essay

60

(4)

Locke's Correspondence with Stillingfleet

64

(4)

Further Difficulties for Locke's Account of Substance

68

(4)

Martin's Interpretation of Lockean Substratum

72

(6)

Substance and Real Essence

78

(4)

Locke on the Ideas of Number and Unity

82

(5)

Locke on Identity and Personal Identity

87

(10)

Summary

97

(1)

Further Reading

98

(1)

Four Language and Meaning

99

(29)

Ideationism and Locke's Account of Language

100

(5)

A Lockean Response to the Prejudices of Literacy

105

(8)

Locke and the Problem of Privacy

113

(6)

The Essential Role of Ideas in Thinking

119

(4)

A Response to Some Objections

123

(3)

Summary

126

(1)

Further Reading

127

(1)

Five Agency and Will

128

(32)

Locke on Free Action and 'Freedom of the Will'

129

(7)

Locke on Causation, Volition and Voluntary Action

136

(5)

Locke and the Problem of 'Deviant Causal Chains'

141

(6)

Involuntariness and the Sufficiency Claim

147

(7)

Personhood, Personal Identity and Free Agency

154

(4)

Summary

158

(1)

Further Reading

159

(1)

Six Liberty and Toleration

160

(38)

The State of Nature and the Nature of Man

162

(7)

Social Contract and Government by Consent

169

(10)

Locke's Theory of Property and Property Rights

179

(9)

Rights of Resistance and the Limits of Political Obligation

188

(3)

Religious Toleration

191

(5)

Summary

196

(1)

Further Reading

197

(1)

Seven Legacy and Influence

198

(6)

Glossary

204

(5)

Bibliography

209

(6)

Index

215

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