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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Oxford Philosophical Texts)

by George Berkeley

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Publisher Comments:

In this exceptional work Berkeley makes the striking claim that physical things consist of nothing but ideas and therefore do not exist outside the mind. This claim establishes him as the founder of the idealist tradition in philosophy. The text printed in this volume is the 1734 edition of the Principles, which represents Berkeley's mature thought. Also included are four important letters between George Berkeley and Samuel Johnson, written between 1729 and 1730, an analysis of the Principles, and a glossary.

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-227) and index.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introductory Material


How to Use this Book


Editor's Introduction


1. Preamble


2. Berkeley's Life


3. The Target (or, What Berkeley didn't Believe)


4. Berkeley's Metaphysical Picture


5. What Happens in the Principles?


6. The Arguments of Principles 1-24


7. Berkeley's Attack on the Doctrine of Abstract Ideas


8. Abstract Ideas in the Principles


9. The Existence of God


10. Physical Reality


11. Scepticism


12. Berkeley and the Progress of Science


13. The Nature of Spirits


14. Berkeley's Intellectual Antecedents


15. The Berkeley-Johnson Correspondence


The Text Printed in this Edition; Bibliography and Further Reading; Analysis of the Principles


Part 2: The Texts


A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge


Preface


Introduction


On the Principles of Human Knowledge Part I


The Berkeley-Johnson Correspondence


Johnson to Berkeley, 10 September 1729


Berkeley to Johnson, 25 November 1729


Johnson to Berkeley , 5 February 1730


Berkeley to Johnson , 24 March 1730


Part 3: Glossary, Notes, and Index


Glossary


Notes to the Principles


Notes to the Berkeley-Johnson Correspondence


Index


Product Details

ISBN:
9780198751618
Editor:
Dancy, Jonathan
Author:
Dancy, Jonathan
Author:
Berkeley, George
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Location:
Oxford ;
Subject:
Modern
Subject:
Epistemology
Subject:
Knowledge, theory of
Subject:
History & Surveys - 17th/18th Century
Subject:
Philosophy | History | 17th C
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Oxford Philosophical Texts (Paperback)
Series Volume:
no. 2
Publication Date:
April 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
47 color, 326 b/w illus.
Pages:
248
Dimensions:
9.05x6.05x.54 in. .83 lbs.

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