Problems from Locke

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Clarendon Press, 1976 - Philosophy - 237 pages
In this book Mr. Mackie selects for critical discussion six related topic which are prominent in John Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding: the distinction between primary and secondary qualities; representative theories of perception; substance, real essence, and nominal essence; abstract ideas, universals, and the meaning of general terms; identity, especially personal identity; and the conflict between empiricism and the doctrine of innate ideas.

About the author (1976)

J. L. Mackie is at University College, Oxford.