John Locke

Broschiertes Buch

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Beschreibung

Provides an account of how we acquire everyday, mathematical, natural scientific, religious and ethical knowledge. Rejecting the theory that some knowledge is innate in us, this title argues that it derives from sense perceptions and experience, as analysed and developed by reason.

Autor

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 ethology, education, and in defense of religious tolerance, while founding the analytic philosophy of the mind.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 816
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 129mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9780140434828
• ISBN-10: 0140434828
• Artikelnr.: 21676064