John Locke's essays on human understanding answers the question “What gives rise to ideas in our minds?”. In the first book Locke refutes the notion of innate ideas and argues against a number of propositions that rationalists offer as universally accepted truth. In the second book Locke elaborates the role played by sensation, reflection, perception and retention in giving rise to simple ideas. Then he elaborates on how different modes, substances and relations of simple ideas (of the same kind) give rise to complex ideas v.g. space, time, infinity etc. Finally he discusses complex ideas of mixed modes which arise from a combination of simple ideas of different kinds v.g. identity and diversity, cause and effect, etc. (Summary by bala) Prooflistening for this project was done by bala and Rapunzelina
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Introduction.
14:38 - Chapter 2
No innate speculative principles. Part I
28:34 - Chapter 3
No innate speculative principles. Part II
29:13 - Chapter 4
No innate practical principles. Part I
35:18 - Chapter 5
No innate practical principles. Part II
31:02 - Chapter 6
Other considerations concerning innate principles, both speculative and practical. Part I
30:59 - Chapter 7
Other considerations concerning innate principles, both speculative and practical. Part II
30:58 - Chapter 8
Of ideas in general, and their original. Part I
22:55 - Chapter 9
Of ideas in general, and their original. Part II
22:02 - Chapter 10
Of simple ideas ; of simple ideas of sense ; idea of solidity.
26:09 - Chapter 11
Of simple ideas of divers senses ; Of simple ideas of reflection; Of simple ideas of both sensation and reflection.
16:17 - Chapter 12
Some further considerations concerning our simple ideas of sensation
35:48 - Chapter 13
Of perception
22:09 - Chapter 14
Of retention
15:52 - Chapter 15
Of discerning, and other operations of the mind
24:44 - Chapter 16
Of complex ideas
07:58 - Chapter 17
Of simple modes:—and first, of the simple modes of the idea of space Part I
25:04 - Chapter 18
Of simple modes:—and first, of the simple modes of the idea of space Part II
23:38 - Chapter 19
Idea of duration and its simple modes Part I
17:24 - Chapter 20
Idea of duration and its simple modes Part II
17:07 - Chapter 21
Ideas of duration and expansion, considered together
17:45 - Chapter 22
Idea of number and its simple modes
14:12 - Chapter 23
Of the idea of infinity Part I
22:01 - Chapter 24
Of the idea of infinity Part II
20:15 - Chapter 25
Of other simple modes; of the modes of thinking ; of modes of pleasure and pain
32:01 - Chapter 26
Of the idea of power Part I
32:24 - Chapter 27
Of the idea of power Part II
32:23 - Chapter 28
Of the idea of power Part III
34:10 - Chapter 29
Of the idea of power Part IV
32:58 - Chapter 30
Of mixed modes
20:33 - Chapter 31
Of our complex ideas of substances Part I
30:13 - Chapter 32
Of our complex ideas of substances Part II
30:41 - Chapter 33
Of collective ideas of substances; of ideas of relation; of ideas of cause and effect, and other relations
27:13 - Chapter 34
Of ideas of identity and diversity Part I
23:39 - Chapter 35
Of ideas of identity and diversity Part II
25:58 - Chapter 36
Of ideas of other relations
37:55 - Chapter 37
Of clear and obscure, distinct and confused ideas
33:30 - Chapter 38
Of real and fantastical ideas
06:59 - Chapter 39
Of adequate and inadequate ideas
33:11 - Chapter 40
Of true and false ideas
37:32 - Chapter 41
Of the association of ideas
20:14