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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 we use when we define a word?

2. What does Locke's illustration show?

3. What are people who do not believe in free will called?

4. What do cause and effect derive from according to Locke?

5. What does Locke say each distinct idea is?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Locke define words?

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

3. What is the correspondence theory of truth?

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

5. Give an example of active powers.

6. What is the debate between determinists and libertarians?

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

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

9. What are three ways in which people abuse words, in Locke's account?

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'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 2

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 3

Using Locke's methodology, create a definition for an abstract word like esteem, or respect, or revenge or justice. (What other methods can you use? Which method is better?--i.e. more precise, or more effective?)

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