Nicholas Jolley shows that the mind-body problem and the nature of personal immortality are more central to Locke's philosophy than has been realized. He argues that Locke takes up unorthodox positions in both cases, and holds that Locke's criticisms of Descartes were controversial responses to challenging metaphysical and theological issues.
Nicholas Jolley shows that the mind-body problem and the nature of personal immortality are more central to Locke's philosophy than has been realized. He argues that Locke takes up unorthodox positions in both cases, and holds that Locke's criticisms of Descartes were controversial responses to challenging metaphysical and theological issues.
Nicholas Jolley was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and Clare College, Cambridge where he was both an undergraduate and a research student. He was a Research Fellow at Christ's College, Cambridge from 1974 to 1978, and has taught at the University of California, San Diego (1978-99), Syracuse University (1999-2000), and the University of California, Irvine (2000-2009), where he was Chair of the Department of Philosophy from 2004 to 2007.
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Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1: Introduction 2: Dull Souls 3: Animals 4: Substance 5: Thinking Matter 6: An Eternal Thinking Being 7: Personal Identity and Resurrection 8: Mortalism and Immortality Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1: Introduction 2: Dull Souls 3: Animals 4: Substance 5: Thinking Matter 6: An Eternal Thinking Being 7: Personal Identity and Resurrection 8: Mortalism and Immortality Bibliography Index
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