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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 about the form of signs and words?

2. What happens to love over time, according to Locke?

3. What does Locke say liberty is aimed at?

4. What happens to the man in the illustration?

5. How does Locke describe pleasure and pain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give an example of active powers.

2. What is abstraction, according to Locke?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Locke say is the difference between a free will and a free agent?

9. What do we do when we define a word, 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 makes this book an essay? Is there a better term for it?

Essay Topic 2

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?)

Essay Topic 3

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?

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