著者

後藤 愛司

出版者

岐阜聖徳学園大学

雑誌

聖徳学園女子短期大学紀要 (ISSN:03875067)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, pp.1-15, 1995-03-31

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As the result of the study of Book I of <<An Essay concerning Human Understanding>>, it was known that the foundation of knowledge was "the passive faculty receiving IDEAS from outside" in our minds. After all, in Locke's opinion, what existed in the mind was two elements of the IDEAS and the FACULTY (power, operation) exercised about these ideas. In this paper, I would like to examine Locke's theory concerning "the FACULTY exercised about ideas", namely,"the Power of Understanding". Then, I want to analyse the following problems : 1. Simple ideas of reflexion and the Modes of thinking. 2. the Perception and the Faculties of understanding. 3. the Faculty of reason.