《人类理解论（上下）》内容简介
“人类理解论”(AnEssayconcerningHumanUnderstanding)一书是英国著名哲学家、唯物主义者约翰·洛克(JohnLocke，1632—1704)的主要哲学著作。这部书从1671年写起，直到1687年才完成，在1690年出版。“人类理解论”这一著作在西方哲学史上曾经发生过承前启后的作用，洛克作为唯物主义路线上的一个哲学家是西方唯物主义发展史上的一个重要环节。
洛克在这部著作中所提出并要解决的中心问题是关于人类知识的起源，可靠性和范围。本书一开头他首先批判了笛卡尔主张知识起源上的所谓“天赋观念”以及莱布尼兹的所谓“天赋实践原则”这样一个在认识论上的唯心主义观点，并且从而提出了他的那个有名的白板论，即认识的唯一来源是经验这样一个有巨大意义的唯物主义论点。不过，洛克在经验论上的唯物主义是不彻底的，正如他的政治观点、阶级立场是妥协的一样。所以他的哲学观点不仅影响了后来的唯物主义者(特别是法国百科全书派的启蒙思想家)，同时也被唯心主义者(特别是贝克莱和休谟)有隙可乘地加以利用和歪曲。
本书的汉文译本早由本馆出版过，现在经原译者对照原文重加修改、校订，交由本馆出版。
Introduction to the content of "Human Understanding Theory (1 and 2)"
"Theory of human understanding" (AnEssayconcerningHumanUnderstanding) is a famous British philosopher, materialist John Locke (1632-1704) JohnLocke, main philosophical works. The book was started in 1671, finished in 1687, and published in 1690. In the history of western philosophy, the work "the theory of human understanding" has played a bridging role. Locke, as a philosopher on the line of materialism, is an important link in the history of Western materialism.
The central question that Locke raises and addresses in this work concerns the origin, reliability, and scope of human knowledge. He begins the book with a critique of the epistemological idealism of Descartes' claim to the origin of knowledge, and Leibniz's claim to the principle of the practice of talent, and thus presents his famous blank SLATE theory, the materialist argument of great significance, that the only source of knowledge is experience. However, Locke's empiricist materialism is incomplete, just as his political views and class positions are compromised. So his philosophical views not only influenced later materialists (especially the French encyclopedic Enlightenment thinkers), but were also exploited and distorted by idealists (especially Berkeley and Hume).
The Chinese translation of this book has been published by the Museum, and now the original translator has revised and revised the original text, and submitted it to the Museum for publication.
