"This new volume in the successful Oxford Readings in Philosophy series presents fifteen recently-published articles on the main topics in Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Each article covers one or more major issues in Locke's Essay - together they cover all the key themes, including: innate ideas, ideas and perception, primary and secondary qualities, free will, substance, personal identity, language, essence, knowledge, and belief. Their essays exemplify the best - and most accessible - recent scholarship on Locke, making it essential for students and specialists."--Jacket.