Berkeley and Irish philosophy / David Berman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berman, David, 1942-

Series:

Continuum Studies in British Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Ireland.

Philosophy.

Berkeley, George, 1685-1753.

Berkeley, George.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Thoemmes Continuum, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first essay in David Berman's new collection examines the full range of Berkeley's achievement, looking not only at his classic works of 1709-1713, but also Alciphron (1732) and his final book, the enigmaic Siris (1744). Item two examines a key problem in Berkeley's New Theory of Vision (1709): why does the moon look larger on the horizon than in the meridian? The third item criticizes the view, still uncritically accepted by many, that Berkeley's attacks on materialism are levelled against Locke.Part 2 opens with Berman's two essays of 1982 - the first to show that Berkeley came from a ri

Contents:

George Berkeley

On missing the wrong target

Enlightenment and counter-Enlightenment in Irish philosophy

The culmination and causation of Irish philosophy

Francis Hutcheson on Berkeley and the Molyneux problem

The impact of Irish philosophy on the American Enlightenment

Irish ideology and philosophy

An early essay concerning Berkeley's immaterialism

Mrs. Berkeley's annotations in An account of the life of Berkeley (1776)

Some new Bermuda Berkeleiana

The good bishop : new letters

Beckett and Berkeley.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611294892

9781281294890

1281294896

9781847144270

1847144276

OCLC:

290571904