...knowledge as the paradigm of knowledge. And on this point at least he shows an affinity with Descartes. 'If we reflect on our own ways of thinking, we shall...immediately by themselves, without the intervention of 1 E., 4, 1, 7; n, p. 171. any other: and this, I think, we may call intuitive knowledge.'1 Thus the...

...ideas alone without reference to real things. 1. BK IV. 12. John Locke 279 5.15. Degrees of Knowledge "Sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement...and this, I think, we may call intuitive knowledge." Here we see the agreement or disagreement as directly as we see the light with our eyes. Thus we at...

...way of perception the mind has of the agreement or disagreement of any of its ideas. For if we will reflect on our own ways of thinking, we shall find,...themselves, without the intervention of any other: And this, l think, we may call intuitive knowledge. tlY, ii, l) ln a passage Oescartes could have written, Locke...

...("Works' 10 vok London, 1823 n p. 320), 'For if we will reflect on our ways of thinking, we shall find mat sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately by themselves, without die intervention of any other: and mis, I think, we may call intuitive knowledge. . . . Thus die mind...

...knowledge as the paradigm of knowledge. And on this point at least he shows an affinity with Descartes. 'If we reflect on our own ways of thinking, we shall...immediately by themselves, without the intervention of 1 E.. 4, i, 7; ii, p. 171. any other: and this, I think, we may call intuitive knowledge.'1 Thus the...

...Locke's distinction between intuitive and demonstrative knowledge. Intuitive knowledge arises when 'the Mind perceives the Agreement or Disagreement...themselves, without the intervention of any other'. 12 In the case of demonstrative knowledge, when the mind is not capable of perceiving at once the agreement...

...intuition, as well its clarity and certainty. . . . if we . . . reflect on our own ways of thinking, we will find, that sometimes the mind perceives the agreement...and this I think we may call intuitive knowledge. . . . this kind of knowledge is the clearest and most certain that human frailty is capable of. ......

...of logical deduction, each step being selfevidently true to anyone who understands it. Locke writes that "sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately." He calls this "intuitive knowledge" (E IV.2. 1, 530-1 ) . For example, 8 + 2 = 4 is self-evidently...

...though we may fancy, guess, or believe, yet we always come short of Knowledge. (E IV.i.2: 525) When "the Mind perceives the Agreement or Disagreement...themselves, without the intervention of any other" (E IV.ii.i: 530-1), we have intuitive knowledge. "[Wjhen the Mind cannot so bring it Ideas together,...

...IV.vii.z). Locke's definition of "intuition" in the Essay is almost identical: "the mind perceiv[ing] the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately...themselves, without the intervention of any other" (IV.ii.i). Arthur Lovejoy argues that Locke's reliance on intuition renders him "essentially a Platonist"...