Locke, Martin and Substance
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I raise three questions concerning Locke's doctrine of substratum, in the light of his correspondence with Stillingfleet: (1) What was his doctrine?(2) Is it philosophically defensible?(3) Is it consistent with his empiricist epistemology? I defend answers which represent Locke's doctrine as being only partially successful but amenable to improvement in certain ways. C.B. Martin has proposed an alternative interpretation of Locke's position. I examine this and find it to be admirable in many respects but implausible in others.
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Mere consciousness doesn't seem to be the kind of property that can, on its own, be 'spread out' through space.
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- Authors
- Lowe, E. J.
- Affiliations
- Durham University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Lowe, E.J.
- Venue
- The Philosophical Quarterly
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2000-10
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 201
- Pages
- 499-514
- ISSN
- 0031-8094 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9213
- OpenAlex
- W2053088886
- Cited by
- 61
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2019: 14 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 93.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Philosophical Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Historical Philosophy and Science
- Keywords
- John Locke, substratum, empiricism, substance, metaphysics of substance, epistemology
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