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Author: Yechiel M. Leiter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-06-28
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 1108428185
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Locke, whose ideas helped give birth to the United States, predicated his political theory on the Hebrew Bible. Why?
Author: Philippe Hamou
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-06-13
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 0192546643
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume presents twelve original essays, by an international team of scholars, on the relation of John Locke's thought to Descartes and to Cartesian philosophers such as Malebranche, Clauberg, and the Port-Royal authors. The essays, preceded by a substantial introduction, cover a large variety of topics from natural philosophy to religion, philosophy of mind and body, metaphysics and epistemology. The volume shows that in Locke's complex relationship to Descartes and Cartesianism, stark opposition and subtle 'family resemblances' are tightly intertwined. Since the turn of the twentieth century, the theory of knowledge has been the main comparative focus. According to an influential historiographical conception, Descartes and Locke form together the spearhead in the 'epistemological turn' of early modern philosophy. In bringing together the contributions to this volume, the editors advocate for a shift of emphasis. A full comparison of Locke's and Descartes's positions should cover not only their theories of knowledge, but also their views on natural philosophy, metaphysics, and religion. Their conflicting claims on issues such as cosmic organization, the qualities and nature of bodies, the substance of the soul, and God's government of the world, are of interest not only in their own right, to take the full measure of Locke's complex relation to Descartes, but also as they allow a better understanding of the continuing epistemological debate between the philosophical heirs of these thinkers.
Author: Peter R. Anstey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-06
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 1134379935
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of new essays on John Locke's philosophy provides the most up-to-date entrée into the exciting developments taking place in the study of one of the most important contributors to modern thought. Covering Locke's natural philosophy, his political and moral thought and his philosophy of religion, this book brings together the pioneering work of some of the world's leading Locke scholars.
Author: Vere Chappell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994-06-24
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1139824961
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEach volume of this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and non-specialists. One aim of the series is to dispel the intimidation such readers often feel when faced with the work of a difficult and challenging thinker. The essays in this volume provide a systematic survey of Locke's philosophy informed by the most recent scholarship. They cover Locke's theory of ideas, his philosophies of body, mind, language, and religion, his theory of knowledge, his ethics, and his political philosophy. There are also chapters on Locke's life and subsequent influence. New readers and non-specialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Locke currently available.
Author: Greg Forster
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-02-07
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781139444378
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe aim of this book is twofold: to explain the reconciliation of religion and politics in the work of John Locke, and to explore the relevance of that reconciliation for politics in our own time. Confronted with deep social divisions over ultimate beliefs, Locke sought to unite society in a single liberal community. Reason could identify divine moral laws that would be acceptable to members of all cultural groups, thereby justifying the authority of government. Greg Forster demonstrates that Locke's theory is liberal and rational but also moral and religious, providing an alternative to the two extremes of religious fanaticism and moral relativism. This account of Locke's thought will appeal to specialists and advanced students across philosophy, political science and religious studies.
Author: Victor Nuovo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 019880055X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEarly modern Europe was the birthplace of the modern secular outlook. During the seventeenth century nature and human society came to be regarded in purely naturalistic, empirical ways, and religion was made an object of critical historical study. John Locke was a central figure in all these events. This study of his philosophical thought shows that these changes did not happen smoothly or without many conflicts of belief: Locke, in the role of Christian Virtuoso, endeavoured to resolve them. He was an experimental natural philosopher, a proponent of the so-called 'new philosophy', a variety of atomism that emerged in early modern Europe. But he was also a practising Christian, and he professed confidence that the two vocations were not only compatible, but mutually sustaining. He aspired, without compromising his empirical stance, to unite the two vocations in a single philosophical endeavour with the aim of producing a system of Christian philosophy.
Author: A. John Simmons
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1994-07-25
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780691037813
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a systematic, full-length study of Locke's theory of rights and of its potential for making genuine contributions to contemporary debates about rights and their place in political philosophy. Simmons refers extensively to Locke's published and unpublished works.
Author: John Locke
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9787532783083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jerome Huyler
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 416
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn account of the link between Locke's thought and the American Founding. The author argues that previous writers have misread Locke's influence on the Founders: he portrays the philosopher as a moderate 17th-century moralist advocating an individualism that fits well with classic republicanism.
Author: Peter R. Anstey
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011-03-31
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 0199589771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeter Anstey presents an innovative study of John Locke's views on the method and content of natural philosophy. He argues that Locke was an advocate of the experimental philosophy: the new approach to natural philosophy championed by the scientists of the Royal Society who were opposed to speculative philosophy.
