Samuel C. Rickless

Gebundenes Buch

Locke

Beschreibung

In a focused assessment of one of the founding members of theliberal tradition in philosophy and a self-proclaimed"Under-Labourer" working to support the scientificrevolution of the seventeenth century, the author maps the fullrange of John Locke's highly influential ideas, which eventoday remain at the heart of debates about the nature of realityand our knowledge of it, as well as our moral and political rightsand duties.

Comprehensive introduction to the full range of Locke'sideas, providing an up-to-date account that acknowledges issuesraised by recent scholarship over the past decade
A well-rounded perspective on one of the intellectual giants ofthe western philosophical tradition
Provides detailed coverage of Locke's two key works, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and The TwoTreatises of Government .
A sophisticated analysis by a highly respected academic
A vital addition to the Blackwell Great Minds series

Autor

Samuel C. Rickless is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, USA. He earned his Ph.D. in 1996 from the University of California, Los Angeles, before beginning his teaching career at Florida State University. The author of two books, Plato's Forms in Transition: A Reading of the Parmenides (2007), and Berkeley's Argument for Idealism (2013), Professor Rickless has published numerous scholarly articles on a variety of topics in the history of philosophy, writing on key figures including Plato, Descartes, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant, in addition to Locke. His research interests include normative ethics, constitutional law, and the philosophy of language.

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Great Minds
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781405189354
• ISBN-10: 1405189355
• Artikelnr.: 40037085