The Continuum Companion to Locke

by S.-J. Savonius-Wroth (Editor), Paul Schuurman (Editor), Jonathan Walmsley (Editor)

Overview

John Locke (1632-1704) was a leading seventeenth-century philosopher and widely considered to be the first of the British Empiricists. One of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers, his major works and central ideas have had a significant impact on the development of key areas in political philosophy and epistemology.

This comprehensive and accessible guide to Locke's life and work includes more than 90 specially commissioned entries, written by a team of leading experts, covering every aspect of Locke's thought. The Companion presents details of Locke's life, historical and philosophical context, a comprehensive overview of the all the key themes and topics apparent in his work, and a thorough account of his reception and enduring influence. This is an essential reference tool for anyone working in the fields of Locke Studies and Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826428110
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/06/2010
Series:	Bloomsbury Companions
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

S.-J. Savonius-Wroth was a student at the University of Cambridge and, subsequently, a Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. He now works at the University of Helsinki and is a Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland.

Paul Schuurman is assistant professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and has published on René Descartes and John Locke. His latest book, co-edited with Sarah Hutton, is Studies on Locke: Sources, Contemporaries, and Legacy (Berlin: Kluwer/Springer, 2008).

Jonathan Walmsley has a PhD in Philosophy from King's College London, UK, and has published extensively on Locke's natural philosophy. He currently lives in London.

Table of Contents

Introduction \ Acknowledgements \ Abbreviations \ List of Contributors \ 1. Life \ The Life of John Locke \ A Chronology of Locke's Life \ A Summary Bibliography of Locke's Works \ 2. Sources and Contemporaries \ Robert Boyle \ Catherine Cockburban \ Rene Descartes \ Robert Filmer \ Thomas Hobbes \ Philippus van Limborch \ Nicolas Malebranche \ Damaris Masham \ Isaac Newton \ The First Earl of Shaftesbury \ Thomas Sydenham \ 3. Early Critics \ George Berkeley \ Thomas Burbanet \ John Edwards \ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz \ John Milner \ John Norris \ Jonas Proast \ John Sergeant \ The Third Earl of Shaftesbury \ Edward Stillingfleet \ Richard Willis \ 4. Concepts \ 5. Synopses of Key Writings \ An Essay Concerning Human Understanding \ Two Treatises of Government \ Letters Concerning Toleration \ Some Thoughts Concerning Education \ The Reasonableness of Christianity and its Vindications \ Papers on Money \ Of the Conduct of the Understanding \ A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St Paul \ 6. Influence \ The Influence of Locke's Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century: Epistemology and Politics \ The Reception of Locke in England in the Early Eighteenth Century: Metaphysics, Religion and the State \ Locke's Civil Philosophy in the Early Eighteenth Century Republique des Lettres: An Important Footnote \ Contemporary Locke Scholarship \ Index of Locke's Works \ Index of Names \ Index of Topics.