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Locke's Metaphysics (Paperback)
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Locke's Metaphysics (Paperback)
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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. Yet the picture of Locke that emerges
is not always a familiar one. Stuart's account reveals that he is a
philosopher who denies the existence of relations, who takes bodies
to be colored only so long as we are looking at them, and who is
not committed to mechanism. He shows that Locke takes persons to be
three-dimensional beings whose pasts are 'gappy' rather than
continuous. Finally, he shows that Locke is a volitionist who holds
that we can will only our own thoughts and bodily motions, and not
such episodes as lighting a candle or turning the pages of a book.
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