An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

John Locke, Roger Woolhouse, Roger Woolhouse , Roger Woolhouse

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English

PENGUIN GROUP USA
26 August 2004

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays; History of Western philosophy; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

John Locke's compelling argument on how we acquire knowledge

In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1690, John Locke (1632-1704) provides a complete account of how we acquire everyday, mathematical, natural scientific, religious and ethical knowledge. Rejecting the theory that some knowledge is innate in us, Locke argues that it derives from sense perceptions and experience, as analysed and developed by reason. While defending these central claims with vigorous common sense, Locke offers many incidental - and highly influential - reflections on space and time, meaning, free will and personal identity. The result is a powerful, pioneering work, which, together with Descartes's works, largely set the agenda for modern philosophy.

By: John Locke
Notes by: Roger Woolhouse
Introduction by: Roger Woolhouse
Edited by: Roger Woolhouse
Imprint: PENGUIN GROUP USA
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 558g
ISBN: 9780140434828
ISBN 10: 0140434828
Pages: 816
Publication Date: 26 August 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Locke (1632-1704) was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and held various academic posts at that university, lecturing on Greek and rhetoric. However, his interests lay in medicine and the new experimental sciences and in 1667 he became personal physician to the Earl of Shaftesbury. Under the influence of Shaftesbury, Locke developed his ideas on politics, property, trade, monarchy and the mind. Shaftesbury became a bitter opponent of Charles II and was involved in the plot of 1683. This forced Locke to flee in exile to Holland, but he returned after 1688 and began to publish his most famous works. He wrote also on tehology, education, and in defence of religous tolerance, while founding the analytic philosophy of the mind. Roger Woolhouse is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York. He has also edited George Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous for Penguin Classics.