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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) John Locke
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Edited by Kenneth P. Winkler
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:416 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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Category/Genre | Philosophy - epistemology and theory of knowledge Philosophy of the mind |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780872202160
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Classifications | Dewey:121 |
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Audience | Undergraduate | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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Imprint |
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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Publication Date |
15 September 1996 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Includes generous selections from the Essay, topically arranged passages from the replies to Stillingfleet, a chronology, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index based on the entries that Locke himself devised.
Author Biography
John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician.
ReviewsThis abridgment by Kenneth Winkler is the best that has ever been done. Winkler's judgment as to what must be kept and what may be dropped is unerring, and his literary skill has enabled him to fashion a text that reads smoothly. An illuminating Introduction and comprehensive glossary enhance the value of this volume for students. --Vere Chappell, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Locke's Essay is a massive, scarcely organized work that is easy for students to get lost in and difficult for teachers to lend coherence to. But Winkler's abridgment succeeds remarkably at bringing out the underlying structure of Locke's masterpiece without sacrificing any of the long and important passages that put the meat on that structure. I didn't think this could be done until I came across Winkler's abridgment. It certainly makes teaching Locke much easier, since it makes the structure of the Essay more apparent, and leaves the teacher thus freer to concentrate on the details of the text. I know of no passages from the Essay left out of this abridgment that I would prefer to use in a lower-level class. If anything, I would have made the abridgment shorter still. But to my knowledge, nobody has yet done a better job than Winkler. --Michael Rolf, University of Pennsylvania
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