Solid Philosophy Asserted, Against the Fancies of the Ideists

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Sergeant attacked Locke in his Solid Philosophy Asserted, Against the Fancies of the Ideists (1697). He held that knowledge can be extended and explained by resorting to metaphysical and general principles of reason (or “maxims”) when empirical investigations yield no new knowledge. He therefore criticized Locke, who denied the importance…
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