1. LOCKE’S PROJECT  John Locke (1632-1704)  Major Thinker In Metaphysics, Epistemology And Political Philosophy  Our Lockean Roots  Rejecting Descartes’ Rationalism For An Empiricist Picture  All Knowledge Based Upon Observation  Non-Deductive Reasoning Instead Of Proofs

2. Locke’s Arguments Against Solipsism  Inferences To Best Explanation: Puzzles For The Solipsist:  Why Can’t We Have Visual Experiences In The Dark?  Why Can’t We Control Sensory Experience?  Why Is There Always Coherence And Consistency In Experience?  Answer: Best Explanation Is The Reality Of External, Mind-Independent, Material World

3. Locke’s Account Of Perception  Limited (Sophisticated) Representationalism  Primary Qualities: Motion, Number, Shape, Size  Features Of Things That Cause Similar Sensations In Our Minds -- We Can Experience As They Really Are  Secondary Qualities: Color, Taste, Smell, Hot & Cold  Power Of Things To Cause Dissimilar Sensations (Ideas) In Our Minds