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Locke’s Ideas of Mind and Body
Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy Series
Author: Kim Han-Kyul
Language: EnglishSubject for Locke’s Ideas of Mind and Body:
Keywords
Young Man; Pine Apple; Han-Kyul Kim; Book III; John Locke; Des Cartes; early modern philosophy; Dispositional Monism; history of philosophy; Nominal Essence; mind-body problem; Epistemic Humility; philosophy of mind; Davidson’s Anomalous Monism; 17th-century philosophy; Vice Versa; personal identity; Mind Body Problem; resurrection; Insensible Corpuscles; immortality; Substance Dualist; Property Dualism; substratum; Ramsey Sentence; power; Insensible Particles; Intentional Entities; nominal dualism; Higher Level Features; mind-body functionalism; Error Theory; dynamic realism; Locke’s Substratum; anomalous monism; Dispositional Features; Ramseyan Humility; Present Day Physicalists; cognitive closure; Locke’s Account; Donald Davidson; Causally Impotent; David Lewis; Mental Description; Colin McGinn; Primary Qualities; Locke's philosophy; mind-body nominalism; substance dualism
Publication date: 09-2021
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 06-2019
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Hardback
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This book begins with a survey of various readings of Locke as a materialist, as a substance dualist, and as a property dualist, and demonstrates that these inconsistent interpretations result from a general failure of modern commentators to notice the significance of Locke?s ?mind-body nominalism?. By illuminating this largely overlooked aspect of Locke?s philosophy, this book reveals a common mistake of previous interpretations: that of treating what Locke conceives to be ?nominal? as real. The nominal symmetry that Locke posits between mind and body is distinct from any form of metaphysical dualism, whether substance dualism or property dualism. It is a brand of naturalism, but does not insist that the material is ontologically more basic than the mental or that the former determines the latter. On this view, the material and the mental both relate solely to a certain set of functional roles, rather than to an intrinsic property that plays these roles. The term ?matter? is thus rendered vague, and materialism is conceived as a precariously grounded ontological doctrine. Elaborating on this interpretation of Locke?s Essay, this book examines the insightful readings of Locke developed by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century thinkers such as Richard Burthogge, William Carroll, and Joseph Priestley. This book also seeks to clarify what Locke?s position would look like in a modern setting by noting some significant parallels with the ideas of leading contemporary philosophers such as Donald Davidson, David Lewis, and Colin McGinn.
Introduction
1. Locke and the Mind-Body Problem
2. Mind-Body Nominalism
3. Epistemic Humility
4. The Superadded Power of Thought
5. Burthogge, Carroll, and McGinn
6. A Functionalist Account of Substrata
7. Locke and Dynamic Realism
Han-Kyul Kim earned his BA at Seoul National University (Korea) and his PhD at the University of York (UK). He taught at Temple University (USA) and is the author of several articles on the history of early modern philosophy.
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