Bloomsbury Companion to Locke

S.-J. Savonius-Wroth is a historian at the University of Helsinki, Finland and is a Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland.Paul Schuurman is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.Jonathan Walmsley has a PhD in Philosophy from King's College London, UK, and has published extensively on Locke's natural philosophy.

A useful addition to current scholarly literature on Locke for students and professional philosophers alike ... ranging over more of Locke's work than is usual in such a companion, being distinctive in its aims and organisation, and providing very full coverage of the historical background to and reception of Locke's thought.

• Introduction Acknowledgements Abbreviations List of Contributors 1. Life The Life of John Locke – Mark Goldie (University of Cambridge UK) A Chronology of Locke’s Life – Mark Goldie (University of Cambridge UK) A Summary Bibliography of Locke’s Works – Mark Goldie (University of Cambridge UK) 2. Sources and Contemporaries Robert Boyle (1627–91) – James Hill (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) Catherine Cockburn (1679–1749) - Patricia Sheridan (University of Guelph, Canada) René Descartes (1596–1650) - Paul Schuurman (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Robert Filmer (c. 1588–1653) - Ian Harris (University of Leicester UK) Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) - Jon Parkin (University of York, UK) Philippus van Limborch (1633–1712) - Luisa Simonutti (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche ISPF-Milano, Italy) Nicolas Malebranche (1638–1715) - Andrew Pyle (University of Bristol, UK) Damaris Masham (1658–1708) - Sarah Hutton (University of Aberystwyth, UK) Isaac Newton (1643–1727) - G.A.J. Rogers (Keele University, UK) The First Earl of Shaftesbury (1621–83) - J.R. Milton (King’s College London, UK) Thomas Sydenham (1624–89) - Jonathan Walmsley (London, UK) 3. Early Critics George Berkeley (1685–1753) - Jonathan Walmsley (London, UK) Thomas Burnet (c.1635–1715) - Laurent Jaffro (Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) John Edwards (1637–16) - John C. Higgins-Biddle (University of Connecticut School of Medicine, USA) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) - Pauline Phemister (University of Edinburgh, UK)John Milner (1628–1702) - J.K. Numao (Keio University, Japan) John Norris (1657–1712) - Paul Schuurman (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Jonas Proast (c.1642–1710) - Jean-Fabien Spitz (Université de Paris 1, France) John Sergeant (1623–1707) - Jasper Reid (King’s College London, UK) The Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713) - J.R. Milton (King’s College London, UK) Edward Stillingfleet (1635–99) - Neil Fairlamb (The Church in Wales, UK) Richard Willis (1664–1734) - J.K. Numao (Keio University, Japan) 4. Concepts Absolutism - Clare Jackson (University of Cambridge, UK) Abstraction, Universals and Species – Jonathan Walmsley (London, UK) Ancient Constitutionalism – Clare Jackson (University of Cambridge, UK) Association of Ideas – John P. Wright (Central Michigan University, USA) Coinage – Richard Boyd (Georgetown University, Washington, USA) Consent and Social Contract – R.E.R. Bunce (University of Cambridge, UK) Curriculum, The – Sorana Corneanu (University of Bucharest, Romania) Deism – Victor Nuovo (Middlebury College, Vermont, USA) Education and Its Methods – Sorana Corneanu (University of Bucharest, Romania) Education and Its Role in Civil Society – S.-J. Savonius-Wroth (University of Helsinki, Finland) Enthusiasm – Victor Nuovo (Middlebury College, Vermont, USA) Essences, Real and Nominal – Margaret Atherton (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA) Faculties – Paul Schuurman (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Faith, Reason and Opinion – Benjamin Hill (University of Western Ontario, Canada) Free Will and Volition – Gideon Yaffe (University of Southern California, USA) God - G.A.J. Rogers (Keele University, UK) Hedonism – Andrew Starkie (St Gabriel’s, Manchester, UK) Hypothesis and Analogy – Jonathan Walmsley (London, UK) Ideas - Keith Allen (University of York, UK) Innateness – Daniel Carey (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland) Intuition and Demonstration – Benjamin Hill (University of Western Ontario, Canada) Knowledge - Benjamin Hill (University of Western Ontario, Canada) Logic – Paul Schuurman (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Meaning and Signification – Hannah Dawson (University of Edinburgh, UK) Modes – Benjamin Hill (University of Western Ontario, Canada) Molyneux Problem, The – Marjolein Degenaar and Gert-Jan Lokhorst (Erasmiaans Gymnasium Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) Morality and Its Demonstration – John Colman (University of Tasmania, Australia) Names – Hannah Dawson (University of Edinburgh, UK) Natural History – Jonathan Walmsley (London, UK) Natural Law – Kari Saastamoinen (University of Helsinki, Finland) Number and Infinity – Yasuhiko Tomida (Kyoto University, Japan) Obligation, Moral – R.E.R. Bunce (University of Cambridge, UK) Perception – Keith Allen (University of York, UK) Personal Identity – Udo Thiel (University of Graz, Austria) Primary and Secondary Qualities – James Hill (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) Property – Koen Stapelbroek (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Rate of Interest – Richard Boyd (Georgetown University, Washington, USA) Republicanism – Markku Peltonen (University of Helsinki, Finland) Resistance and Revolution – S.-J. Savonius-Wroth (University of Helsinki, Finland) Scholasticism – James Hill (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) Socinianism – John Marshall (Johns Hopkins University, USA) Space and Time – Benjamin Hill (University of Western Ontario, Canada) State of Nature, The – Kari Saastamoinen (University of Helsinki, Finland) Substance – Michael Ayers (University of Oxford, UK) Toleration – Andrew Starkie (St Gabriel’s, Manchester, UK) Truth and Falsity – Benjamin Hill (University of Western Ontario, Canada) Value and Wealth – Koen Stapelbroek (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Words, Their Imperfections and Abuses – Hannah Dawson (University of Edinburgh, UK) 5. Synopses of Key Writings An Essay concerning Human Understanding – Jonathan Walmsley (London, UK) Two Treatises of Government – S.-J. Savonius-Wroth (University of Helsinki, Finland) Letters concerning Toleration – Timothy Stanton (University of York, UK) Some Thoughts concerning Education – Sorana Corneanu (University of Bucharest, Romania) The Reasonableness of Christianity and its Vindications – John C. Higgins-Biddle (University of Connecticut School of Medicine, USA) Papers on Money – Koen Stapelbroek (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Of the Conduct of the Understanding – Paul Schuurman (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands) A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St Paul – Victor Nuovo (Middlebury College, Vermont, USA) 6. Influence The Influence of Locke’s Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century: Epistemology and Politics – G.A.J. Rogers (Keele University, UK) The Reception of Locke in England in the Early Eighteenth Century: Metaphysics, Religion and the State - Timothy Stanton (University of York, UK) Locke’s Civil Philosophy in the Early Eighteenth-century République des Lettres: An Important Footnote – Petter Korkman (University of Helsinki, Finland) Contemporary Locke Scholarship – Roger Woolhouse and Timothy Stanton (University of York, UK) Index of Locke’s Works Index of Names Index of Topics