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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 abuse does Locke say is typical of scholars?

2. How does Locke define the essence of a thing?

3. How does Locke define will?

4. What does Locke say we use when we define a word?

5. Why don't most words refer to simple ideas, in Locke's account?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problem is Locke trying to address with his discussion of identity in consciousness and identity in body?

2. How does Locke resolve the debate between determinists and libertarians?

3. What does Locke achieve by claiming that good and evil come from pleasure and pain?

4. What do we do when we define a word, in Locke's account?

5. What is the difference between love and desire, according to Locke?

6. Give an example of active powers.

7. Why are most words general, according to Locke?

8. What does Locke say is the only way to understand the properties of things?

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

10. How does Locke define words?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

What was the historical effect of Locke's philosophy? What preceded it, and what proceeded from it? What historical development can Locke's work be seen as a part of? Describe his place in that development.

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