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Recent literature has been shaped significantly by the work of Vere Chappell, especially Chappell 1994 but see also Chappell 1994, Chappell 2000, and Chappell 2007. Perhaps most notably, Chappell argues that Locke is a "volitional determinist," denying that we are ever free with respect to the act of willing, and claims that Locke ultimately took his so-called "doctrine of suspension" to conflict with his volitional determinism. See Rickless 2000 for a response to Chappell. Two more recent major contributions to the literature are Chapter 1 of LoLordo 2012, which emphasizes the role that Locke's epistemic humility and metaphysical agnosticism play in his discussion of liberty, and Chapters 9–10 of Stuart 2013, which emphasize revisions that Locke made to his discussion over subsequent editions of the Essay. |