Locke defines knowledge as "the perception by reason of teh connection and agreement or repulsion and disagreement between any two or more ideas" (CHapter IV). Locke then presents us with four different types of disagreements or agreements that reason can percieve to produce knowledge. One type is Identity and Diversity which is A=A or a bachelor is not married. The next is Relation which means a diamond is a square laid on its side. The next is Coexistence which is that the area of a triangle is always one half the base times the height. The last deals with existence belonging to ideas themselves, which is the idea of God and of the self. A strong connection between ideas must exist in order ot be called knowledge. When discussing ideas of disagreement, teh connection is of illogical inconsistency. When talking about ides in agreement, a necessary connection needs to be made.
- Chris Rehonic
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