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[Solved] What is substance, according to Locke?

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[Solved] What is substance, according to Locke?

Research the Idea of Substance & Lockes Theory of Substance

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"Write a term paper on the topic of "substance" as discussed in John Locke`s Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Your thesis should include answering: What is substance, according to Locke? What kind of idea do we have of substance, and how does that idea arise?
Find a position for or against Locke`s opinion but be able to show both sides of the argument.
It is important to that your essay is able to answer the following questions:
What sorts of simple ideas go into our complex ideas of substances (57)?
How do our ideas of spiritual substances differ from those of bodily substances (59–60)?
In what sense does Locke think we know that substances exist?
What role does knowledge of substance play in Locke`s scheme of human knowledge? Is it a part of true understanding? Are there real substances in the world which we can know and investigate?
These should not be simply answered, but incorporated into your understanding of Locke`s explanations and ideas on "substance" as mentioned in Book II of the Essay. Do not attempt to consider answering these questions as the subject of your paper. Construct your own arguments and research appropriate evidentiary support followed up by various academic resources."
Please write the paper in agreement with Locke`s idea of substance and add related ideas and information contained within his overall Essay.

CONTENT:

LOCKE`S THEORY OF SUBSTANCE Name: Institutional Affiliation: Locke`s Theory of Substance Introduction Locke`s treatment on the ideology of substance in his Essay on Human Understanding drew mixed reactions from several contemporaries. First and foremost, in consideration of the levels of generality, theories are used in explaining different elements in life. Thus, they are meant to provide some systematic and illuminating descriptions of a set of phenomena which are expected to advance human understanding of these elements taken either singly or collectively (Ayers, 2011). Given that phenomena that a theory of substance seeks to encompass, then the probability remains that a long approach has been taken in specifying the kind of theory that must be defined. Locke`s Theory of Substance Locke conception of substance in substratum has two relative widespread interpretations. According to one, the element of substance is considered as a bearer of properties and a pure subject that has no properties. On the other hand, Locke alleges that substance is a real essence: an underlying structure which remains responsible for particular observable properties and recurrent clusters (Brubaker, 2012). Locke depicts a picture of the origins of our ideologies on substance by alluding to the world that is carved up with a dense sensory array that establishes discrete objects, an aspect that determines the qualities that quite seem to cluster together.

 

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