Locke (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) - Hardcover

Chappell, Vere

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198751966 ISBN 13: 9780198751960

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

The aim of this "Oxford Readings in Philosophy" series is to bring together writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be conveniently available to the university student or the general reader. The editors of each volume contribute an introductory essay on the items chosen and on the questions with which they deal. A selective bibliography is appended as a guide to further reading. This volume in the series presents 15 articles on the main topics in Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding". The increased interest in Locke's philosophy since the 1970s has resulted in rigorous, informed, and philosophically sophisticated studies. Each article in this collection covers one or more major issues in Locke's "Essay". Together they cover all the key themes, including: innate ideas; ideas and perception; primary and secondary qulaities; free will; substance; personal identity; language; essence; knowledge; and belief. The authors include some of the world's leading Locke scholars: Michael R. Ayers, Margaret Atherton, J.L. Mackie, John Campbell, Vere Chappell, Martha Brandt Bolton, Jonathan Bennett and Kenneth P. Winkler.

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About the Author:

Vere Chappell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts. He is the co-author, with Willis Doney, of Twenty-Five Years of Descartes Scholarship (Garland 1987) and editor of the Cambridge Companion to Locke (1995). He has also edited Essays on Early Modern Philosophers (12 vols., Garland 1992) and Descartes' Meditations (Rowman and Littlefield 1997). His other publications include articles on Descartes and other early modern philosophers, as well as several on Locke.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0198751966
• ISBN 13: 9780198751960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 335