Locke

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani places Locke among the seventeenth-century English empiricists, a sequence that in his view should not be looked down on1 and that shows how complex English thought is. He judges, however, that empiricism collapses with the sensory criterion2. He notes that Locke sets aside the problem of the soul so as not to have to deal with finality and teleology; if he rejects the union of soul and body, it is because of the soul3. He also places him in the history of philosophy, recalling that he is cited among the authors of objections to Descartes and that he is the recipient of Leibniz's letters. On the political side, he presents him as a liberal for whom reason depends on one's wallet, a reading he also traces back to Clouscard4. Drawing on Losurdo, he stresses that Locke justifies the enslavement of Black people and is a shareholder in the Royal African Company, even though Popper sets him against Hegel5. Finally, he mentions him in connection with use as the foundation of property.

1. 1#5.1 bis FaceBook Live / Questions2 Nov 2018 · 22:19
2. 2#2.4 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?10 Mar 2016 · 52:37
3. 3#1.4 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?10 Dec 2015 · 21:12
4. 4Radio Galère - Michel Clouscard - 16 Jul 2012 · 37:26
5. 5Hommage à Domenico Losurdo2 Jul 2018 · 1:06:12

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