Of the Abuse of Words

by John Locke
Of the Abuse of Words
Author: John Locke
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2009-08-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0141956577
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John Locke was one of the greatest figures of the Enlightenment, whose assertion that reason is the key to knowledge changed the face of philosophy. These writings on thought, ideas, perception, truth and language are some of the most influential in the history of Western thought. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

The Cambridge Companion to Locke's 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding'

by Lex Newman
The Cambridge Companion to Locke's 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding'
Author: Lex Newman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2007-03-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139827235
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First published in 1689, John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding is widely recognised as among the greatest works in the history of Western philosophy. The Essay puts forward a systematic empiricist theory of mind, detailing how all ideas and knowledge arise from sense experience. Locke was trained in mechanical philosophy and he crafted his account to be consistent with the best natural science of his day. The Essay was highly influential and its rendering of empiricism would become the standard for subsequent theorists. This Companion volume includes fifteen new essays from leading scholars. Covering the major themes of Locke's work, they explain his views while situating the ideas in the historical context of Locke's day and often clarifying their relationship to ongoing work in philosophy. Pitched to advanced undergraduates and graduate students, it is ideal for use in courses on early modern philosophy, British empiricism and John Locke.

The Cambridge Companion to Locke

by Vere Chappell
The Cambridge Companion to Locke
Author: Vere Chappell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1994-06-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139824961
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Each 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.

Locke's Philosophy of Language

by Walter R. Ott
Locke's Philosophy of Language
Author: Walter R. Ott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2003-11-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139438921
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This book examines John Locke's claims about the nature and workings of language. Walter Ott proposes an interpretation of Locke's thesis in which words signify ideas in the mind of the speaker, and argues that rather than employing such notions as sense or reference, Locke relies on an ancient tradition that understands signification as reliable indication. He then uses this interpretation to explain crucial areas of Locke's metaphysics and epistemology, including essence, abstraction, knowledge and mental representation. His discussion challenges many of the orthodox readings of Locke, and will be of interest to historians of philosophy and philosophers of language alike.

The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time

by Robert McCrum
The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time
Author: Robert McCrum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781903385838
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Beginning in 1611 with the King James Bible and ending in 2014 with Elizabeth Kolbert's 'The Sixth Extinction', this extraordinary voyage through the written treasures of our culture examines universally-acclaimed classics such as Pepys' 'Diaries', Charles Darwin's 'The Origin of Species', Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History of Time' and a whole host of additional works --

Leibniz: New Essays on Human Understanding

by Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz
Leibniz: New Essays on Human Understanding
Author: Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 528
Release: 1996-11-07
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521576604
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In the New Essays on Human Understanding, Leibniz argues chapter by chapter with John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, challenging his views about knowledge, personal identity, God, morality, mind and matter, nature versus nurture, logic and language, and a host of other topics. The work is a series of sharp, deep discussions by one great philosopher of the work of another. Leibniz's references to his contemporaries and his discussions of the ideas and institutions of the age make this a fascinating and valuable document in the history of ideas. The work was originally written in French, and the version by Peter Remnant and Jonathan Bennett, based on the only reliable French edition (published in 1962), first appeared in 1981 and has become the standard English translation. It has been thoroughly revised for this series and provided with a new and longer introduction, a chronology on Leibniz's life and career and a guide to further reading.