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This course is an overview of John Locke’s epistemological and metaphysical thought with particular focus on his famous Essay Concerning Human Understanding. We will focus on his treatment of classic philosophical topics such as perception, knowledge, belief, substance, quality, identity, natural kinds, and language. A key overarching question will relate to the question of whether or not Locke’s views form a coherent systematic whole. And special efforts will be made to situate Locke with respect to his philosophical predecessors and successors.