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Shelley Weinberg argues that the idea of consciousness as a form of non-evaluative self-awareness helps solve some of the thorniest issues in Locke's philosophy: in his philosophical psychology, and his theories of knowledge, personal identity, and moral agency. The model of consciousness set forth here binds these key issues with a common thread.
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Keywords | John Locke Early modern philosophy epistemology philosophy of mind personal identity |
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Consciousness in Locke’s Theory of Knowledge
Chapter 3, in three parts, provides a structurally integrated account of a yet uncultivated aspect of Locke’s epistemology: how we have knowledge of individual things, namely our own ideas and ourselves (part I), and external world objects (part II). Although Locke defines knowledge genera... see more
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