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Locke's 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding'
A Reader's Guide

English · Hardback

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Continuum''s Reader''s Guides are clear, concise and accessible introductions to classic works of philosophy. Each book explores the major themes, historical and philosophical context and key passages of a major philosophical text, guiding the reader toward a thorough understanding of often demanding material. Ideal for undergraduate students, the guides provide an essential resource for anyone who needs to get to grips with a philosophical text. John Locke''s Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a classic text, which laid out the basic principles of the Empiricism that was to characterise British Philosophy for centuries to come.This is a hugely important and exciting, yet challenging, piece of philosophical writing. In Locke''s Essay Concerning Human Understanding: A Reader''s Guide , Bill Uzgalis explains the philosophical background against which the book was written and the key themes inherent in the text.The book then guides the reader to a clear understanding of the text as a whole, before exploring the reception and influence of this classic philosophical work. This is the ideal companion to study of this most influential and challenging of texts.

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Bill Uzgalis is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Oregon State University. He holds a Philosophy PhD from Stanford. He is the author of numerous articles on Locke, including the Locke entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.


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