John locke psychology contributions

          John locke project

        1. John locke memory theory
        2. Psychological continuity
        3. John locke main ideas
        4. John locke metaphysics

          5. Psychological continuity!

          The Immateriality of the Soul and Personal Identity

          Both in his discussion of personal identity and in his discussion of the immateriality of the soul in Book IV of the Essay Locke is agnostic about the immateriality of the soul.

          In Book IV he suggests that immateriality is not needed for the great ends of religion, and in Book II he crafts a theory of personal identity that does not require (though it is not inconsistent with) the immateriality of the soul.

          The Immateriality of the Soul

          In giving us his estimate of the limits of human understanding, Locke made some claims which surprised his contemporaries.

          John locke quotes

          In IV 3, 6 he suggests that given our ignorance of substances, it was possible that God could make matter fitly disposed think. He suggested that it was no farther beyond our comprehension that motions of the body could give rise to pleasure and pain than that an immaterial soul could feel pain after the occurrence of some motions in the body.

          He suggested that the immat