John Locke

Series Editor's Preface ix Foreword xi Part 1 Intellectual Biography 1 1 Introduction 3 2 Educational Experience 7 3 Somerset 9 4 Puritanism 11 5 Dr Samuel Crook 13 6 Parents 15 7 Westminster Busby 17 8 Oxford Owen 21 9 The Scientific and Philosophical Revolution 25 10 Robert Boyle 29 11 Ren escartes 32 12 Humanism 34 13 The Renaissance Child 35 14 Montaigne 37 15 Comenius 39 16 Port Royal Schools 40 17 Ashley Cooper and Locke's Intellectual Break 42 18 Locke's Later Years 47 Part 2 Critical Assessment of Locke's Educational Theories 51 19 Introduction 53 20 Philosophical Overview 55 21 Innatism 60 22 Ideas 65 23 Words 71 24 Knowledge 74 25 Criticism of the Essay 78 Locke's Theory of Education 81 26 Aristotelian Roots 83 27 Education's Purpose 90 28 Faith and Religion 96 29 Breeding 102 30 Nature/Nurture Debate 108 31 Freedom and Will 111 32 Early Education 114 33 Middle Education 125 34 Scholarly Education 131 35 But Not for the Poor 138 36 Political Man and his Education 140 37 Continued Study 148 38 Summary 153 Part 3 The Reception and Influence of Locke's Work 155 39 Immediate Response and Impact 157 40 Philosophical Legacy 161 41 The Two Bishops' Responses: Berkeley 164 42 Locke's Legacy in the Philosophy of Education 167 The Eighteenth Century 167 'The Rousseau Distortion 168 Kant 170 Adam Smith 172 Wollstonecraft 172 The Nineteenth Century 174 The Twentieth Century 176 Part 4 The Relevance of John Locke Today 183 43 Introduction 185 44 On Being Relevant 187 45 If The Political-Educational Model 190 46 Education's Usefulness 194 47 Lockean Realism 196 48 Critique of Schools and Families 198 49 State Education 202 50 The 'State as Parent' Critique 204 51 Free Market Education 209 52 School Curricula 211 Bibliography 216 Index 221