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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 the difference between reflection and sensation?

2. Where do secondary qualities originate, according to Locke?

3. What does Locke say must be learned along with ideas?

4. What qualities does Locke say things have?

5. How would you characterize Locke's description of knowledge in his introduction?

Short Essay Questions

1. What arguments does Locke make against innate knowledge?

2. How does Locke define discerning?

3. What does Locke say happens if two people have the same idea about a thing?

4. What aspect of knowledge does Locke exclude from "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?

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

6. In what way is understanding limited, according to Locke?

7. What does Locke set out to do in Book II?

8. How does Locke define practical principles?

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

10. How does Locke use the concept of number in his discussion of primary qualities?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way has modern society changed our view of Locke's philosophy? Choose a technology or form of knowledge that forces us to reevaluate Locke's philosophy, and describe how Locke would incorporate or account for it.

Essay Topic 2

Locke says that truth is a property of propositions, which take the form of sentences. Why are sentences necessary for truth? What makes sentences different than words alone? What is it about the unique arrangement of subject, verb and object that makes truth possible?

Essay Topic 3

Which was more important in Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding," the actual terminology Locke uses for breaking knowledge down into parts, or the concept that epistemology liberates people from the concepts of instinctual knowledge of concepts like right and wrong?

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