John Locke and His Essay Concerning Human Understanding - 1690 (Edexcel A-Level History): Quizzes

📚Quizzes
Revision NotesModel AnswersQuizzesFlashcardsExam Questions
John Locke and His Essay Concerning Human Understanding - 1690
Sign up to keep practising.Create a free account to play more quizzes and track your progress.

Practise the questions

10 questions from this quiz

Show

In what year was John Locke born?

1632

When was Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding published?

1690

What is empiricism, according to Locke's philosophy?

Knowledge comes from experience only

How did Locke describe the human mind at birth?

A blank slate void of all characters

Which are examples of primary qualities in Locke's philosophy?

Size, shape, and solidity

What did Locke argue in Book I of his Essay?

Humans have no innate ideas at birth

What was Locke's position on certain knowledge of spirits?

Certain knowledge of spirits impossible

How did Locke's ideas contribute to declining witchcraft beliefs?

He encouraged skepticism about claims

What philosophical view did both Hobbes and Locke share?

Materialism - everything is matter

How did Locke's reasoning method differ from Hobbes'?

Locke used empiricism; Hobbes used deduction

Explore Edexcel A-Level History Revision Notes by Topics

Summary

Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

Explore Edexcel A-Level History Model Answers by Topics

Summary

Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

Explore Edexcel A-Level History Flashcards by Topics

Summary

Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

Explore Edexcel A-Level History Exam Questions by Topics

Summary

Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

Join 100,000+ A-Level students studying Quizzes with us.

Select your subjects, and get access to A+ resources today.