cover -- blackwell great minds -- title page -- copyright page -- dedication -- contents -- preface -- abbreviations -- chapter 1: locke's life -- further reading -- chapter 2: the nature and role of ideas -- further reading -- chapter 3: the negative project: against innatism -- further reading -- chapter 4: the positive project: ideational empiricism -- 4.1 Simple Ideas -- 4.2 Sensation and Reflection -- 4.3 Complex Ideas -- 4.4 Abstract Ideas -- 4.5 Challenges to Ideational Empiricism: The Ideas of Infinity and Substratum -- further reading -- chapter 5: substances -- 5.1 Body, Matter, Space, and Vacuum -- 5.2 Spirit -- further reading -- chapter 6: qualities -- further reading -- chapter 7: mental operations -- 7.1 Actions and Passions -- 7.2 Will and Willing -- 7.3 Voluntariness and Involuntariness -- 7.4 Freedom, Necessity, and Determination of the Will -- 7.5 A Problem -- further reading -- chapter 8: relations -- 8.1 Identity and Diversity -- 8.2 Moral Relations -- further reading -- chapter 9: language -- 9.1 Language and Meaning -- 9.2 The Imperfections and Abuses of Language -- 9.3 Nominal Essence, Real Essence, and Classification -- further reading -- chapter 10: knowledge and belief -- 10.1 The Official Account of Knowledge -- 10.2 The Degrees of Knowledge -- 10.3 Anti-Dogmatism and Anti-Skepticism -- 10.4 Faith and Religious Enthusiasm -- further reading -- chapter 11: moral philosophy -- 11.1 Morality and God's Will -- 11.2 Natural Law -- 11.3 Punishment and Slavery -- 11.4 Property -- 11.5 Family -- 11.5.1 The rights and duties of parents -- 11.5.2 The rights and duties of children -- 11.5.3 The rights and duties of spouses, masters, and servants -- further reading -- chapter 12: political philosophy -- 12.1 Political Society -- 12.2 Legitimate Rule -- 12.2.1 Majority rule -- 12.2.2 Express consent and tacit consent.

12.2.3 The powers of a legitimate government -- 12.3 Varieties of Illegitimate Rule -- 12.4 Toleration -- further reading -- index.

In a focused assessment of one of the founding members of the liberal tradition in philosophy and a self-proclaimed "Under-Labourer" working to support the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century, the author maps the full range of John Locke's highly influential ideas, which even today remain at the heart of debates about the nature of reality and our knowledge of it, as well as our moral and political rights and duties. Comprehensive introduction to the full range of Locke's ideas, providing an up-to-date account that acknowledges issues raised by recent scholarship over the past decade A well-rounded perspective on one of the intellectual giants of the western philosophical tradition Provides detailed coverage of Locke's two key works, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and The Two Treatises of Government. A sophisticated analysis by a highly respected academic A vital addition to the Blackwell Great Minds series.

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