Dicker, Georges
Locke on Knowledge and Reality: A Commentary on An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- ISBN 13:
- 9780190662202
- author:
- Dicker, Georges
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press Inc
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 15.7 x 1.9 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, Epistemology,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Georges Dicker provides an in-depth commentary on John Locke's foundational work, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. This accessible guide is suitable for students reading Locke for the first time, while also offering valuable insights for more advanced scholars.
Dicker's analysis explores Locke's key arguments and ideas, including innatism, the origin of ideas, language and meaning, and knowledge. The book provides careful textual analyses and step-by-step reconstructions of Locke's arguments, engaging with relevant work by other major philosophers and commentators.