Book ID: CBB038240095

Locke's Image of the World (2017)

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Jacovides, Michael (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 272
Language: English

Modern philosophy originates during the scientific revolution, and Michael Jacovides provides an engaging account of how this scientific background influences one of the foremost figures of early modern philosophy, John Locke. With this guiding thread, Jacovides gives clear and accurate answers to some of the central questions surrounding Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Why does he say that we have an obscure idea of substance? Why does he think that we perceive a two-dimensional array of color patches? Why does he think that matter can't naturally think? Why does he analyze secondary qualities as powers to produce ideas in us? Jacovides' method also allows him to trace the effects of Locke's scientific outlook on his descriptions of the way things appear to him and on his descriptions of the boundaries of conceivability. By placing Locke's thought in its scientific, religious, and anti-scholastic contexts, Jacovides explains not only what Locke believes but also why he believes it, and he thereby uncovers reveals the extra-philosophical sources of some of the central aspects of Locke's philosophy.

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Authors & Contributors
Connolly, Patrick J.
Ziebart, K. Meredith
Guidi, Simone
Boscarino, Giuseppe
Annalisa Coliva
Steward, M. A.
Concepts
Philosophy
Philosophy and religion
Philosophy of science
Epistemology
Natural philosophy
Science and religion
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
Medieval
20th century
Early modern
Modern
Places
Europe
England
Italy
France
Institutions
School of Milan
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