Table of Contents

Introduction i. Biography 1. Locke's Theory of Ideas i. Book I: Locke's argument against innate ideas ii. Book II: Locke's empiricist theory of ideas iii. Complex Ideas iv. Ideas and the veil of perception v. Ideas of Primary Qualities vi. Secondary Qualities vii. Perception and Judgement viii. Molyneux's problem ix. Locke's Ethics of Belief x. Error and the association of ideas 2. Locke's Theory of Matter i. Substance and early-modern materialism ii. Locke the ‘Underlabourer' iii. Locke's corpuscularian theory of substance iv. Substratum v. Scepticism in Locke's theory of substance vi. Natural Kinds and traditional classification vii. Critical response to Locke's theory of substance 3. Locke's Theory of Language i. Sense and reference in Locke's theory of ideas ii. Constructivism and words iii. Particular and General Names iv. Remedies for the imperfection of language 4. Locke's Theory of Identity i. Individuation and identity ii. The conditions for identity iii. Personal Identity iv. Critical response to Locke's account v. The gaps in identity and Hume's theory 5. Locke's Theory of Morality i. The Significance of Morality in the Essay ii. Locke's Natural Law morality iii. Locke's moral rationalism iv. Locke's hedonism: reward and punishment v. Motivation and the Will vi. Suspension of the Will vii. The Righteousness of Moral law 6. Locke's Theory of Knowledge i. Locke's Definition of Knowledge ii. The degrees of knowledge iii. Reality of knowledge iv. Knowledge of substances v. Judgment and Probable Knowledge Bibliography Index