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An essay concerning human understanding, John Locke ; abridged with an introduction and notes by Pauline Phemister

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An essay concerning human understanding, John Locke ; abridged with an introduction and notes by Pauline Phemister

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages xliv-li) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

An essay concerning human understanding

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

223877096

Responsibility statement

John Locke ; abridged with an introduction and notes by Pauline Phemister

Series statement

Oxford world's classics paperback

Summary

Overview: In An Essay concerning Human Understanding, John Locke sets out his theory of knowledge and how we acquire it. Eschewing doctrines of innate principles and ideas, Locke shows how all our ideas, even the most abstract and complex, are grounded in human experience and attained by sensation of external things or reflection upon our own mental activities. A thorough examination of the communication of ideas through language and the conventions of taking words as signs of ideas paves the way for his penetrating critique of the limitations of ideas and the extent of our knowledge of ourselves, the world, God, and morals

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Locke's life and writing -- Essay concerning human understanding -- Book 1 and 2: Ideas and Principles -- Book 3: Language and abstraction -- Book 4: Knowledge -- Reception and Legacy -- Note on the text -- Select bibliography -- Chronology of John Locke -- Essay Concerning Human Understanding -- Appendix: Extracts from Locke's letter to Edward Stillingfleet, Bishop of Worcester -- Explanatory notes -- Index

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