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John Locke (1632-1704) was a leading seventeenth-century philosopher and widely considered to be the first of the British Empiricists. One of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers, his major works and central ideas have had a significant impact on the development of key areas in political philosophy and epistemology.
The Bloomsbury Companion to Locke is a comprehensive and accessible resource to Locke’s life and work, his contemporaries and critics, his key concepts and enduring influence. Including more than 80 specially commissioned entries, written by a team of leading experts, topics range from absolutism to toleration, from education to socinianism. The Companion features a series of indispensable research tools including a chronology of Locke’s life, an A-Z of his key concepts and synopses of his principal writings.
This is an essential resource for anyone working in the fields of Locke Studies and Seventeenth-Century Philosophy.
Table of Contents
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
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
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