Index

Davidson, Donald 316n85, 322n49 defeasibility 127, 153, 169, 175, 303 definition 100-2, 135-9, 275; real and

nominal 37f, 100-2; see also ideas (clear and distinct)

demonstration 50, 81, 83-5, 88-91, 93, 97f, 103, 246-8, 253, 298, 314fn64, 327n73f, 330nll6

Dennett, Daniel C. 322n46 Descartes, René 15, 20-3, 27-9, 32f,

34-6, 38, 3 9 - 1 , 44, 47f, 50f, 52-4, 55-7, 59f, 65f, 68f, 83, 84f, 89, 90, 91, 93f, 97, 114f, 120, 123, 127, 145-7, 155-7, 159, 166-71, 173, 181, 188, 193, 223, 224f, 226-8, 231, 233, 235, 242-5, 251, 266-8, 272, 289

Digby, Kenelm 29f, 36, 69, 76 Diogenes Laertius 34f distinctions of reason 30f, 242f, 251,

enthusiasm 47, 110-12, 121f, 124, 143f, 302, 317nll7, 318nl51; see also revelation

Epicurus, Epicureans 15, 17, 34f, 38, 68f, 82, 84, 159, 166f, 244, 302, 321

error 47, 84, 87, 95, 106-12, 145, 166, 168-71, 254, 257; see also ideas (association of), will and belief

Escher 257, 293, 304 eternal truths 250, 326fn63; see also

universals, abstraction ethics 13-14, 93 Euclid 88 evidence 15, 34, 84f, 93-5, 96-8, 127f,

140-4, 156-9, 169, 171f, 175, 192f, 244, 247, 264-8, 293, 298, 300, 301-4; see also knowledge (primary and secondary, sensitive), intuition

existence idea of, see being; knowledge of 98, 103, 159-62, 253, see also knowledge (sensitive); objective, see intentionality

faith 84, 86, 105, 123f, 315n84; see also belief, revelation

'family resemblances' 137-9, 262f Field, H. 311nl45 Fodor, G. 311nl45, 328n96 formalism 298f; see also maxims

forms 26f, 81f, 242; see also species foundationalism see knowledge

(foundations of) freewill 146f; see also will, error functionalism 72-5, 154, 194-201,

277; see also behaviourism

Gassendi, Pierre 15, 22, 33-5, 38, 44f, 48f, 84f, 89-94, 156, 223, 227, 231, 234f, 244-6, 251, 253, 299, 309n84, 309n93, 311n61, 318nl49

Gettier, Edmund L. 318nl63 Gibson, J. 310, 312nl3, 325n36 Gilbert, William 115 Glanvill, Joseph 44 God idea of 52, 54, see also infinity;

Hacking, Ian 306n7 Hardin, C.L. 323n63 Hartcliffe, John 329nl04 Hartlib, Samuel 122 heat 166, 185, 191, 213-16; see also

primary and secondary qualities hermeneutics 121f; see also revelation Hobbes, Thomas 20, 22, 28-31, 34,

44, 46, 48-50, 69, 71, 85f, 89, 91, 93f, 97, 100f, 104f, 114, 124, 156, 223, 225f, 228, 233f, 236, 246-8, 253-6, 263, 269, 289, 303, 325n44

Hume, David 53, 56, 118f, 148f, 182, 189, 255-8, 303

ideas 15-77 et passim; adequate 39, 42; association of 66, 104, 112, 246-8, 254, 256f; clear and distinct, obscure and confused 34, 40, 42, 47f, 83, 235f, 272f, see also meaning; innate 32f, 66, 163, 165, 228, 292, see also knowledge (innate); as materials of knowledge 21f, 57, 61, 62, 67, 155f; real and fantastical 38, 43, 123; simple and complex 17f, 19-25, 36-43, 48, 123, 188, 271f; true and false 20, 35, 39-43, 68, 123,

illusion, misperception 74, 166-71, 175f, 186-8, 191, 264-7, 285, 287, 324; see also error, 'seeing as'

imagination 26-9, 44-51, 89, 111f, 149, 243, 246-8, 250-8, 279f, 285-8; see also imagism

imagism 17, 44-51, 68, 75, 241, 243f, 248, 252f, 255-8, 279, 281, 286, 288, 302f, 330n116; see also intellect, imagination

individuation 76f, 237-41, 261 induction, principle of 114, 178 infinity 48, 225f, 228, 231, 236 intellect, pure 27-9, 44f, 47f, 68, 89,

intelligence 265-8, 277, 289-95, 299f, 303, 331

intuition 88f, 103, 124, 143f, 273, 289f, 292f, 298, 303 et passim

intuitionism 67, 96, 127f, 222, 260, 264-8, 253, 255-8, 270, 276, 303f

James, Susan 306n6, 311n3 judgement 47, 20-2, 34, 83-6, 95,

104-12, 301, 312nl3, 316n90; see also affirmation, belief, assent

Kant, Immanuel 33, 101, 111, 174, 232f, 255

Katz, Jerrold J. 292, 294f, 297 knowledge 81-103, 125-44 et passim;

actual and habitual 86, 96-8, 140, 267f, see also memory; classifications of 81-9, 93-103; definition of 57, 67, 104, 107, 159, 266f; degrees of 15, 86, 88-95; foundations of 41-3, 82, 167-76, 125, 127, 129, 139, 303f, 322n47, see also defeasibility, maxims,

pretheoretical thought; innate 139f, 264-8, 291-5, 298, 328fn99, 329nl04, see also ideas (innate); of one's own mental states 319nl71, see also reflection, consciousness; primary and secondary 139-44, 171f, 183, 196-9, 266, 282f, 303, 304, see also reference, understanding (primary and secondary); relation to belief 81-7, 93-5, 97, 125-44, 156f, 302f; sensitive 15, 40-2, 62f, 93-5, 103, 153-62, 188f, 253, see also perception; trifling and instructive 98, 100-2, 256, see also analytic and synthetic propositions, definition (real and nominal); universal, see universals

language reform of 93, 260, 262, 272, 274-6; and thought 19f, 62, 70-7, 145f, 178f, 200-6, 222, 246-8, 253-7, 269-76, 277-82, 285, 288, 289-301, 303, see also nominalism

Law of Nature 14 Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm 40, 184,

Locke, John passim; development of his thought 13-15, 24f, 228, 233-6, 244, 253, 327n73f

logical form 70-7; see also affirmation, copula, language (and thought), substances (and accidents)

60f, 122, 183f, 228, 231 maps, mental 240f; see also reference materialism 28f, 44, 46f, 194 mathematics 14, 50, 83, 93, 261f, 300;

119; see also clocks, atomism Mede, Joseph 122 memory 26, 28f, 46, 48, 51, 75, 88f,

Mendel, Gregor Johann 135 Mersenne, Marin 15, 82-4, 94 method 21, 33, 89-93, l00f, 114-18,

133f millennarians 122 Milton, John 308 miracles 114, 118-20 modes 86f; simple 23, 228f, 260, 271f;

mixed 328n94 Molyneux, William 23, 65f, 69 Montaigne, Michel de 82 More, Henry 223, 227f, 233f motives and reasons 147-50, 201

268 natural kinds 211-13, 262f, 275f necessary connection 98, 101f, 119; see

299f, 303; and certainty 312n8 negation 205f; see also privation Newton, Isaac 13, 118, 233-6 Nicole, Pierre 89f nominalism 246-8, 253f, 256f, 259f,

O'Connor, D.J. 306n7 optics 65f, 69

science 81-7, 246, 301f, 314n64; and natural history 14, 92, 102, 113-16

sensation content of 73-6, 173-92, 212-17, 303; modularity of 321n30; see also intentionality, perception

sensory field, unity of 153, 185-9 Sextus Empiricus 34, 35 signs, signification 20, 34f, 38-40, 51,

60-6, 69, 99f, 154f, 157, 160, 162-5, 193, 207, 246, 277, 303, 306n20; see also ideas, intentionality

simple apprehension 20, 22, 24f, 37; of propositions 22, 105, 306, 315fn84f; see also affirmation

smell 181, 185f, 322n36 solidity 181-3, 191 sound 186f space 221, 223-36; perception of 160,

180f, 183-9, 239 species, sensible 26-31, 55, 61 f; and

genus 26, 31f, 242-5, 270 spirits, place of 223, 228, 237, 325 Stalnacker, R.C. 311nl44 Stillingfleet, Edward 160, 161 Stewart, M.A. 306nl3 Stoics 34, 68, 82f, 244, 302, 329fnll3 Strawson, Galen 320nl 77 Suarez, Francisco 30 substance in general, idea of 49, 161 substances and accidents 19, 23-5,

29-33, 36f, 76, 160-2, 242; ideas of 23-5, 36f

Sydenham 13 syllogism 21, 84-6, 89-92, 246-8, 290,

testimony 97, 108, 113, 118-24 time 221, 223-7, 231-3, 236-41 toleration 109, 121 topics 89f transubstantiation 30, 157f truth 20, 71, 73-5, 85, 246, 254; of

understanding general 48, 96, 140, 142-4, 264-8, 281, 285, 289-300, 303f; linguistic 269-81, 285, 288, 289-300, see also language; primary and secondary 282, 288

uniformity of nature 164f, 232f universals, universal knowledge 14f,

49f, 54f, 81-6, 119, 237, 242-68, 289-300, 303f; see also a priori thought, demonstration, intuition

vacuum 223-7, 233, 238 ventriloquism 186 Virgil 89

Watson, J.B. 279 whole and part 83f, 92, 94 will and belief 21f, 82f, 85, 106-12,

146-50; see also assent, error Wisdom, John 296f Wittgenstein, Ludwig 137-9, 154,