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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 can we talk about once we begin to abstract?
2. What is the philosopher's most important job, according to Locke?
3. What modern movement did Locke prefigure in his arguments about philosophical language?
4. What is the limit toward which our idea of number extends, according to Locke?
5. What does Locke say we about words that cannot be defined any further?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Locke achieve by claiming that good and evil come from pleasure and pain?
2. Who does Locke say is guilty of these abuses?
3. Where do the notions of good and evil come from, in Locke's opinion?
4. How does Locke suggest philosophers curb the abuse of words?
5. What is the debate between determinists and libertarians?
6. What are three ways in which people abuse words, in Locke's account?
7. What is the difference between love and desire, according to Locke?
8. How is love like memory, in Locke's account?
9. How does Locke define power, in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?
10. What is abstraction, according to Locke?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions do they resolve?
Essay Topic 3
In what way is Locke defining a science of knowledge, and in what way is "Essay Concerning Human Understanding" a book of philosophy? Does Locke's taxonomy of knowledge make his philosophy scientific? What would it mean if we define "Essay Concerning Human Understanding" as science, as a taxonomy of ideas, rather than as philosophy?
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