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Locke on Essence and Identity
Conn, Christopher Hughes (The University Of The South, Sewanee, Tn, Usa)
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Description for Locke on Essence and Identity
Hardback. A study of John Locke's metaphysics of organisms and persons, with particular emphasis on his theory of identity through time and his conventionalism with respect to kinds and essences. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 503.
I first became interested in the relationship between Locke's anti essentialism and his theory of identity in a first-year graduate course on metaphysics taught at Syracuse University by Jose Benardete. I had until then approached Locke as a "safe", commonsense philosopher, whose metaphysical agenda-constrained as it was by his concept empiricism was largely geared towards upholding a scientifically enlightened, broadly Christian worldview. I am greatly indebted to Professor Benardete for disabusing me of this understanding of Locke's work. Benardete's Locke was not the Locke that I had been exposed to as an undergraduate, not the Locke that I had found ... Read more
I first became interested in the relationship between Locke's anti essentialism and his theory of identity in a first-year graduate course on metaphysics taught at Syracuse University by Jose Benardete. I had until then approached Locke as a "safe", commonsense philosopher, whose metaphysical agenda-constrained as it was by his concept empiricism was largely geared towards upholding a scientifically enlightened, broadly Christian worldview. I am greatly indebted to Professor Benardete for disabusing me of this understanding of Locke's work. Benardete's Locke was not the Locke that I had been exposed to as an undergraduate, not the Locke that I had found ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Series
Philosophical Studies Series
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402016707
SKU
V9781402016707
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