On Our Knowledge of Real Existence in Locke

Locke’ın varlığın bilgisi hakındaki yaklaşımının onun kendi genel bilgi tanımı ile “mantıksal olarak çeliştiği” savı, Locke’ın bilgi teorisine yöneltilen yaygın bir eleştiridir. Fakat bazı filozoflar, Locke’ı bu eleştiriye karşı savunmak için, onun ya varlığın bilgisine ilişkin anlayışını ya da genel bilgi tanımını yeniden yorumlayan öneriler ileri sürerler. Bu makalede, bu önerilerin her birinin Locke’ın bilgi teorisindeki söz konusu çelişkiyi çözmede temelde başarısız olduğu gösterilmeye çalışılacaktır.

Locke'da Gerçek Varoluş Bilgimiz Üzerine

A common criticism of Locke’s theory of knowledge is that Locke’s account of knowledge of existence stands in “formal contradiction” with his general definition of knowledge. But some Locke scholars have attempted to defend Locke by reinterpreting either Locke’s phrase “the perception of the agreement or disagreement of our ideas” or his characterization of existential knowledge, or his general definition of knowledge. In this paper, I argue that these attempts fail to resolve the apparent inconsistency in Locke’s epistemology.

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