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Locke and French Materialism
Inbunden, 1991
2994 kr
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One particular feature of Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding - the suggestion that God could add to matter the power of thought - stimulated an extensive debate in Britain between immaterialists (those who defended two substances, mind and matter) and materialists (those who considered …
The Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke: Some Thoughts Concerning Education
Av John Locke, John W. Yolton m. fl.
Inbunden, 1989
3589 kr
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One of the major works of John Locke (1632-1704), this detailed and comprehensive guide is mainly concerned with moral education. While concentrating on its role in creating a responsible adult and on the importance of virtue as a transmitter of culture, it also ranges over such practical topics as …
John Locke: Some Thoughts Concerning Education
Av John Locke, John W. Yolton m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
1408 kr
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Some Thoughts concerning Education, originally published in 1693, is one of John Locke's major works, the culmination of a decade's writings on the subject. It mainly concerns moral education and its role in creating a responsible adult, and the importance of virtue as a transmitter of culture. But …
Locke and the Compass of Human Understanding
A Selective Commentary on the 'Essay'
Häftad, 2010
716 kr
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The Essay Concerning Human Understanding is John Locke's most important work, and through this selective commentary, first published in 1970, Professor Yolton concentrates our attention on the more interesting and controversial of the doctrines in it. His method of interpretation is to ask very …
John Locke: Problems and Perspectives
A Collection of New Essays
Häftad, 2011
569 kr
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Originally published in 1969, the impetus for this collection came from a conference on the Thought of John Locke held at York University, Toronto in 1966. Written in the co-operative spirit of the conference, the essays collected here were intended to reflect Locke's position as a polymath and …
The Locke Reader
Selections from the Works of John Locke with a General Introduction and Commentary
Häftad, 1977
667 kr
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John Yolton seeks to allow readers of Locke to have accessible in one volume sections from a wide range of Locke's books, structured so that some of the interconnections of his thought can be seen and traced. Although Locke did not write from a system of philosophy, he did have in mind an overall …
Realism and Appearances
An Essay in Ontology
Inbunden, 2000
1563 kr
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This book addresses one of the fundamental topics in philosophy: the relation between appearance and reality. John Yolton draws on a rich combination of historical and contemporary material, ranging from the early modern period to present-day debates, to examine this central philosophical …
Realism and Appearances
An Essay in Ontology
Häftad, 2000
667 kr
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This book addresses one of the fundamental topics in philosophy: the relation between appearance and reality. John Yolton draws on a rich combination of historical and contemporary material, ranging from the early modern period to present-day debates, to examine this central philosophical …
Companion to the Enlightenment
Häftad, 1991
1429 kr
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The Companion focusses on the international intellectual movement of the Enlightenment, and the individuals who shaped it. A number of substantial essays survey the main topics of dictionaries, encyclopedias, art, music and theatre, while central philosophical concepts such as human nature are also …
Two Intellectual Worlds of John Locke
Man, Person, and Spirits in the "Essay"
Inbunden, 2004
753 kr
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Using his intimate knowledge of John Locke's writings, John W. Yolton shows that Locke comprehends "human understanding" as a subset of a larger understanding of other intelligent Beings—angels, spirits, and an omniscient God. Locke's books on Christianity (The Reasonableness of Christianity and …
Perceptual Acquaintance
From Descartes to Reid
Häftad, 1984
542 kr
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Perceptual Acquaintance was first published in 1984. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.Philosophers, wrote Thomas Reid in 1785, "all suppose …
Philosophy of Science of A. S. Eddington
Häftad, 1960
551 kr
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En 1956, l' Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences couronnait, a Bruxeiles, 1'etude de M. Yolton, intitulee The Phi- losophy o/Science 0/ Arthur S. Eddington, etude dont le present ouvrage est la reprise. Pourquoi la personne, 1'oeuvre et les idees de l'illustre physicien anglais …
