Locke a Constructive Relativist (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Locke a Constructive Relativist

IN presenting Locke as a Constructive Relativist I claim to present him in his central and most inclusive doctrine. It is not the view I held of Locke a short time ago. Nor is it likely that my older conception of him would have undergone its radical change, if it had not been for the fact that conditions led me to give Book III of his Essay more serious reading than our traditional opinion of it seemed to invite.

Locke tells his friend Molyneux th...