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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 standard would an idea have to meet to be considered innate?

2. What consequence does the fact that knowledge is limited have on our knowledge, according to Locke?

3. How does Locke define simple ideas?

4. What does Locke say about the knowledge of how property rules should be established?

5. Where does Locke say ideas come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Locke define practical principles?

2. How does Locke define discerning?

3. How is duration developed from simple ideas, according to Locke?

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

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

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

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

8. In what way is knowledge limited, according to Locke?

9. What example does Locke use of natural principles?

10. What arguments does Locke make against Descartes' philosophy?

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 is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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