Locke's Touchy Subjects: Materialism and Immortality

by Nicholas Jolley

In seventeenth-century philosophy the mind-body problem and the nature of personal immortality were two of the most controversial and sensitive issues. Nicholas Jolley seeks to show that these issues are more prominent in Locke's philosophy than has been realized. He argues further that Locke takes up unorthodox positions in both cases. Although Locke's official stance on the mind-body problem is agnostic, in places he presents arguments that, taken...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198737092
• ISBN13: 9780198737094
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"