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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 each distinct idea is?

2. What is the philosopher's most important job, according to Locke?

3. According to Locke, the lack of what would make social life impossible?

4. What is Locke really discussing in his discussion of pleasure and pain?

5. What does Locke say men have freedom to do, in terms of language?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Locke say is guilty of these abuses?

2. What does Locke say is the danger in man's freedom to use words however he likes?

3. What is abstraction, according to Locke?

4. Where does Locke say our conception of 'number' comes from?

5. How is love like memory, in Locke's account?

6. What does Locke say words ultimately refer to?

7. How does Locke suggest philosophers curb the abuse of words?

8. How does Locke define words?

9. How do we arrive at the essence of an idea?

10. How does Locke define power, in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Locke speculates that desire is unhappiness in the absence of previous delight--how does he handle the question of original experience, and how could his philosophy respond to the doctrine of original sin?

Essay Topic 2

Locke's definition of experience and language is based solely on individual experience--but what is the role of the family in promoting certain knowledge and restricting or prohibiting other kinds of knowledge? Does Locke account for teachers and parents in his arguments about knowledge and experience?

Essay Topic 3

How Christian is Locke's philosophy? In what specifics is it Christian, and in what ways does it have allegiances to other forms of religion? Is the ability of the individual to seek his own happiness a substitute for religion in Locke's philosophy? How does Locke's philosophy perform the central task of Christianity, namely of letting people transcend the physical plane, where death exists, and live another eternal life beyond life?

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