Ontological base of Locke’s Theory of Ideas

Authors

  • Arturo Lucas Cabello Universidad Hermilio Valdizán de Huánuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/phai.v18i1.1374

Keywords:

Idea, corpuscle, natural philosophy, realism in Locke, knowledge, empiricism, quality

Abstract

In this article the author analyzes the concept of idea as the central axis of the philosophical system of John Locke, presented in the Second Book of his "Essay on Human Understanding" dedicated to his philosophical argumentation. It analyzes those simple ideas which cannot be invented or destroyed, constituting the raw material for complex ideas.
The author argues that Locke, with his theory about the origin of knowledge, was a metaphysical realist. He also presents Locke's corpuscular theory as the best explanation of reality in itself and as the theory that became the belief of all the natural philosophy of the XVII century, thus opening a new scientific perspective that, after the works of Ticho Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Boyle, concluded in The mathematical principles of natural philosophy of Newton in 1687. Locke knew the work of Newton; however, our author was directly linked with the scientific works of Robert Boyle (1627-1691).

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Author Biography

Arturo Lucas Cabello, Universidad Hermilio Valdizán de Huánuco

Doctor en Filosofía por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), Magister en Sociología por la Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal (UNFV); Licenciado en Ciencias de la Educación, Especialidad de Filosofía-Psicología y Ciencias Sociales, por la Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán (UNHEVAL). Docente de la Escuela de Post Grado de la Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán y Daniel Alcides Carrión (UNDAC). Director y fundador de la Revista Identidad de la Facultad, Coordinador y fundador de las Reflexiones Filosóficas de la Escuela. Ha desempeñado los cargos de decano (2010-2013), Jefe de Departamento Académico y Director de la Escuela de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación-UNHEVAL.

Published

2019-06-30

How to Cite

Lucas Cabello, A. (2019). Ontological base of Locke’s Theory of Ideas. Phainomenon, 18(1), 82–95. https://doi.org/10.33539/phai.v18i1.1374