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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say about this standard for whether an idea is innate?

2. Which concept was beyond the sphere of Locke's inquiry?

3. How does Locke describe the work principles do?

4. Which is NOT a category of complex ideas, according to Locke?

5. What is the limitation of understanding, according to Locke?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Locke say about sensations experienced in the womb?

2. What is the difference between natural principles and innate principles?

3. What arguments does Locke make against innate knowledge?

4. How does Locke say ideas come to us?

5. How does Locke define discerning?

6. What does Locke say about the innateness of moral principles?

7. How does Locke define practical principles?

8. What benefits do humans receive from understanding, according to Locke?

9. Describe the two kinds of ideas Locke describes.

10. How does Locke define the faculty of perception?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Locke protect his philosophy against the skepticism of Hume and Descartes? What arguments specifically does he refute, and what arguments does he leave himself open to? (Do you think the question of whether innate knowledge exists can be answered?)

Essay Topic 2

What makes this book an essay? Is there a better term for it?

Essay Topic 3

In what way is Locke defining a science of knowledge, and in what way is "Essay Concerning Human Understanding" a book of philosophy? Does Locke's taxonomy of knowledge make his philosophy scientific? What would it mean if we define "Essay Concerning Human Understanding" as science, as a taxonomy of ideas, rather than as philosophy?

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