Locke's Metaphysics
by Stuart, Matthew
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0199645116
- ISBN 13
- 9780199645114
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Oxford UK: Clarendon Press, 2016. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 522 pages. Though John Locke set out to write a book that would resolve questions about the origin and scope of human knowledge, his Essay Concerning Human Understanding is also a profound contribution to metaphysics, full of arguments about the fundamental features of bodies, the notions of essence and kind, the individuation of material objects, personal identity, the nature and scope of volition, freedom of action, freedom of will, and the relationship between matter and mind. Matthew Stuart examines a broad range of these arguments, and explores the relationships between them. He offers fresh interpretations of such familiar material as the distinction between primary and secondary qualities, and Locke's account of personal identity; and he also takes us deeper into less familiar territory, including Locke's case against materialism and his philosophy of action.Locke's Metaphysics shows Locke to be a more consistent, systematic and interesting metaphysician than is generally appreciated. It defends him against charges of muddling the definition of 'quality', of waffling between two conceptions of secondary qualities, and of vacillating in his commitment to mechanism. It shows how his rejection of essentialism leads him to embrace relativism about identity, and that his relativism about identity is the key to defending his account of personal identity against several objections. Pencil marking to front fly leaf and about 20 pages in text. Otherwise clean. Record # 384168
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- 384168
- Title
- Locke's Metaphysics
- Author
- Stuart, Matthew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0199645116
- ISBN 13
- 9780199645114
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford UK
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- Religion & Philosophy, Philosophy, , .
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