Topic: Critically examine Locke’s distinction between primary and secondary qualities Paper details: Critically examine Locke’s distinction between primary and secondary qualities
Who is Right? Essay Question In Chapter VIII (pp. 24 onward) of Locke’s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Locke develops his distinction between Primary and Secondary Qualities. It is a distinction between the way thing are in themselves and the way things appear to us (known as the appearance and reality distinction). That is, between the Primary Qualities of things (which are inherent in the […]
