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History of Philosophy in the 17th & 18th Centuries

Locke 2: Seminar

The homunculus argument

Is it fair to dismiss Locke's theory of perception on the grounds that it involves a vicious regress? ("I see x" = "I see an image of x")

Locke's conception of reason

Is today's understanding of reason consistent with the 'calculational' account Locke gives of it? Can reasoning in principle be completely mechanized?

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