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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 defines a philosophical usage of a word, according to Locke?

2. What happens to the man in the illustration?

3. What is reification?

4. What does Locke's illustration show?

5. What does Locke describe as an abuse of words?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the debate between determinists and libertarians?

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

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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