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Leibniz and Locke : a study of the New essays on human understanding / Nicholas Jolley

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1984Description: viii, 215 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0198750641
  • 9780198750642
  • 0198750803
  • 9780198750802
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Leibniz and Locke.; Online version:: Leibniz and Locke.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 121 J75L
LOC classification:
  • B2581.Z7 J64 1984
Contents:
Introduction -- The Charge of Socinianism -- The English Background -- Gravity, Thought, and the Newtonians -- Substance -- The Immaterial Soul -- Personal Identity -- Essences -- Knowledge and Ideas
Summary: This is the first modern interpretation of Leibniz's comprehensive critique of Locke, the New Essays on Human Understanding. Arguing that the New Essays is controlled by the overriding purpose of refuting Locke's alleged materialism, Jolley establishes the metaphysical and theological motivation of the work on the basis of unpublished correspondence and manuscript material. He also shows the relevance of Leibniz's views to contemporary debates over innate ideas, personal identity, and natural kinds
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212) and index

Introduction -- The Charge of Socinianism -- The English Background -- Gravity, Thought, and the Newtonians -- Substance -- The Immaterial Soul -- Personal Identity -- Essences -- Knowledge and Ideas

This is the first modern interpretation of Leibniz's comprehensive critique of Locke, the New Essays on Human Understanding. Arguing that the New Essays is controlled by the overriding purpose of refuting Locke's alleged materialism, Jolley establishes the metaphysical and theological motivation of the work on the basis of unpublished correspondence and manuscript material. He also shows the relevance of Leibniz's views to contemporary debates over innate ideas, personal identity, and natural kinds

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