English philosophy in the age of Locke

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Author:

Stewart, M. A. (Michael Alexander), 1937-

ISBN:

9780198250968

Publication Information:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Physical Description:

viii, 326 p. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Oxford studies in the history of philosophy ; v. 3

Series Title:

Oxford studies in the history of philosophy ; v. 3

Contents:

The political problem of religion: Hobbes's reading of the bible / Paul Dumouchel -- The character and obligation of natural law according to Richard Cumberland / Knud Haakonssen -- Locke on justice / Ian Harris -- Locke and Gassendi: a reappraisal / J.R. Milton -- Locke, socinianism, "Socianianism", and unitarianism / John Marshall -- Locke's theology, 1694-1704 / Victor Nuovo -- The trinity and human personality identity / Udo Thiel -- Stillingfleet and the way of ideas / M.A. Stewart -- "Beating down scepticism": the solid philosophy of John Sergeant, 1623-1707 / Beverley C. Southgate.

Subject Term:

Philosophy, English -- 17th century.

Added Author:

Stewart, M. A. (Michael Alexander), 1937-

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English Philosophy in the Age of Locke presents a set of new essays investigating key issues in English philosophical, political, and religious thought in the second half of the seventeenth century. Particular emphasis is given to the interaction between philosophy and religion in the leading political thinkers of the period, and connections between philosophical debate on personhood, certainty, and the foundations of faith, and new conceptions of biblical exegesis.Paul Dumouchel examines church-state relations from the viewpoint of Hobbes's political theory. Knud Haakonssen explores the basis of obligation in Cumberland's theory of natural law, and Ian Harris the relation of Locke's account of justice to his theory of rights, each tracing his subject's distinctive views to a particular conception of God's design. John Milton reappraises the documentary evidence for Locke's reading of Gassendi. The theology of the Unitarian Controversy and Locke's relation to both Socinian and non-Socinian writers are explored at length by John Marshal. Victor Nuovo places the Socinian debate itself in a broader context of Locke's lifelong concern to view all history and knowledge within a theocentric perspective to which the key was sound scriptural exegesis and a rationally founded faith. Udo Thiel's analysis of the personal identity debate among English theologians like Sherlock and South provides the philosophical context for Locke's place in these debates. M. A. Stewart investigates the philosophical background to Edward Stillingfleet's attacks on Locke; and Beverley Southgate explores the place of John Sergeant in the backlash against scepticism precipitated by some of the philosophical trends of the day.