Locke's Metaphysics
- ISBN-10
- 0199645116
- ISBN-13
- 9780199645114
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 522
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-07-18
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Matthew Stuart
Description
Matthew Stuart offers a fresh interpretation of John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, arguing for the work's profound contribution to metaphysics. He presents new readings of Locke's accounts of personal identity and the primary/secondary quality distinction, and explores Locke's case against materialism and his philosophy of action.
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