Locke and the Compass of Human Understanding: A Selective Commentary on the 'Essay' - Rilegato

Yolton, John W.

 
9780521078382: Locke and the Compass of Human Understanding: A Selective Commentary on the 'Essay'

Sinossi

Professor Yolton delves into John Locke's most important work, the Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

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Descrizione del libro

This book, first published in 1970, discusses John Locke's most important work, Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Professor Yolton delves into the more interesting and controversial doctrines by asking very specific questions of the text in order to test the propriety of the philosophical labels traditionally applied to Locke.

Contenuti

Preface; Introduction; 1. The nature of things themselves; 2. The science of nature; 3. The method to science; 4. Relations in knowledge and reality; 5. Knowledge of body; 6. Action and agency; 7. Moral concepts and moral principles; 8. Property: an example of mixed-mode analysis; 9. Signs and signification; Bibliography; Index.

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Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521130085 ISBN 13:  9780521130080
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010
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