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His “Essay concerning Human Understanding” is primarily a theory of knowledge, not a system of psychology.
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The statement distinguishes between two subjects. It says the essay is mainly concerned with knowledge—how people understand, form, and justify what they know—rather than with a complete account of the mind’s psychological processes. In short, its central focus is knowledge, not psychology as a whole.
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