1st Edition

Locke’s Ideas of Mind and Body

By Han-Kyul Kim Copyright 2019
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

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

Biography

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.

"Locke’s Ideas of Mind and Body offers a provocative and highly original interpretation of Locke’s position on the mind-body problem. The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Locke’s metaphysics that will be of great interest to specialists and students alike."Nicholas Jolley, University of California, Irvine, USA