Ep. 259: Locke Clarifies Misleading Complex Ideas (Part One)

<p>On Book II (ch. 22-33) of John Locke's <em>Essay Concerning Human Understanding</em> (1689).</p> <p>Simple ideas get complex quickly when you put them into words, and can give rise to various philosophical problems that are either easily cleared up when you figure out how the complex idea is built out of simple ideas, or if they can't be so broken down, then we really don't know what we're talking about and should just shut up.</p> <p>Don't wait for part two, get the ad-free <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2020/12/27/ep259-locke-complex-ideas-citizen/">Citizen Edition</a> now. <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/support">Please support PEL!</a></p> <p>Sponsors: Visit <a href="https://uber.com/pel">uber.com/pel</a> for a $50 voucher credit. Learn about St. John’s college at <a href="https://sjc.edu/PEL">sjc.edu/PEL</a>. Have your donations matched up to $250 at <a href="https://givewell.org/PEL">givewell.org/PEL</a> (select podcast and Partially Examined Life).</p>