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John Locke directly engaged with the concept of consciousness in his writings, linking it to personal identity, body sympathy, and thought, as evidenced by his quote on severed limbs and consciousness [1], his 1722 works [2], and his avoidance of hypotheses on its substantial basis [3]. His views on consciousness and personal identity have been analyzed by scholars like Galen Strawson [4] and positioned him among philosophers grappling with its nature since Descartes [5].
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Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu 2 facts
claimJohn Locke (1688) argued that understanding consciousness requires special forms of knowing and access from an internal point of view.
perspectiveJohn Locke avoided making hypotheses regarding the substantial basis of consciousness and its relationship to matter, though he considered consciousness essential to both thought and personal identity.
Self-Consciousness - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu 1 fact
quoteJohn Locke wrote: “Thus the Limbs of his Body is to every one a part of himself: He sympathizes and is concerned for them. Cut off an hand, and thereby separate it from that consciousness, we had of its Heat, Cold, and other Affections: and it is then no longer a part of that which is himself, any more than the remotest part of Matter.”
(PDF) On the function of consciousness - an adaptationist perspective academia.edu 1 fact
claimWestern philosophers have struggled to comprehend the nature of consciousness since the time of Descartes and Locke.
Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
referenceJohn Locke wrote about consciousness in his 1722 work, 'The works of John Locke: in three volumes'.
Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
referenceGalen Strawson analyzed John Locke's views on personal identity, consciousness, and concernment in the 2011 book 'Locke on Personal Identity: Consciousness and Concernment'.