Berkeley
Irish philosopher George Bishop Berkeley was one of the greatest philosophers of the early modern period. Along with David Hume and John Locke he is considered one of the fathers of British Empiricism. Berkeley is a clear, concise, and sympathetic introduction to George Berkeley's philosophy, and a thorough review of his most important texts. Daniel E. Flage explores his works on vision, metaphysics, morality, and economics in an attempt to develop a philosophically plausible interpretation of …
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Irish philosopher George Bishop Berkeley was one of the greatest philosophers of the early modern period. Along with David Hume and John Locke he is considered one of the fathers of British Empiricism. Berkeley is a clear, concise, and sympathetic introduction to George Berkeley's philosophy, and a thorough review of his most important texts. Daniel E. Flage explores his works on vision, metaphysics, morality, and economics in an attempt to develop a philosophically plausible interpretation of Berkeley's oeuvre as whole. Many scholars blur the rejection of material substance (immate.
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- Publication Date:©2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Polity
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, England
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (216 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0745682715, 9780745682716, 0745682499, 9780745682495, 1306731585, 9781306731584
- oclc:on1162334345
- LC Classification:B1348
- Dewey Decimal:158.2913
Table of Contents
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1: Berkeley's Life and Writings; Why Study Berkeley Today?; Early Life; Bermuda and Rhode Island; Bishop of Cloyne; On Reading Berkeley; Further Reading; 2: Vision; The Historical Context: Methods of Inquiry and Theories of Vision; Berkeley on Seeing Distance (NTV 2-51); Perception of Magnitude (NTV 52-87); Situation and Numerical Heterogeneity (NTV 88-120); Heterogeneity and the Universal Language of Vision (NTV 121-158); A Look Back; A Look Ahead; Further Reading; 3: Abstraction; Historical Context
The Principal ArgumentsLanguage; A Look Back; A Look Ahead; Further Reading; 4: The Case for Idealism and Immaterialism in the Principles; The Case for Idealism (Sections 1-7); The Attack on Matter (Sections 8-24); Onward to Ordinary Objects (Sections 25-33); A Look Back; A Look Ahead; Further Reading; 5: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous; Background; Dialogue One; Dialogue Two; Dialogue Three; A Look Back; A Look Ahead; Further Reading; 6: Minds; Yours, Mine, and God's; The Principles; Knowing Minds: Dialogue Three; Your Mind and God's; A Look Back; A Look Ahead
Further Reading7: Moral Philosoph…
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