Locke: Ontology

by Michael Ayers

The work of one of the great English philosophers, Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding comes under thorough investigation. Ayers reconstructs its meaning as a decisive contribution to 17th-century debates and recognizes in Locke's arguments fundamental insights now lost or obscured.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

2 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

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Michael Richard Ayers (born 1935) is a British philosopher and professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on the history of philosophy and on epistemology, metaphysics and language.

Reviews

[R. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ayers acknowledges early on that Locke’s style is rambling, repetitive and disputatious. Given that, you’d think he would provide us with a path through the morass. And yet he doesn’t!