Berkeley's argument for idealism / Samuel C. Rickless.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rickless, Samuel Charles, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berkeley, George, 1685-1753--Criticism and interpretation.

Berkeley, George.

Idealism, British.

Idealism.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 207 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the early 18th century George Berkeley made the astonishing claim that physical objects such as tables and chairs are nothing but collections of ideas. Samuel Rickless presents a new account of Berkeley's controversial argument, and suggests it is the philosopher's greatest legacy: not only is it valid, but it may well be sound.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Note to the Reader""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Mediate and Immediate Perception""; ""1. The Main Argument of the New Theory of Vision""; ""2. How Not to Understand the Distinction""; ""3. How to Understand the Distinction""; ""2. The Perception of Sensible Objects""; ""1. Are Sensible Objects Immediately Perceived?""; ""2. An Ontological Solution""; ""3. Can the Same Sensible Object be Perceived by Different Senses?""; ""4. Can the Same Sensible Object be Perceived by Different Minds?""; ""3. The Argument for Idealism in the Principles""; ""1. The Semantic Argument""

""2. The Argument from Immaterialism and Inherence""""3. The Argument from Anti-Abstractionism""; ""4. The Argument from the Likeness Principle""; ""5. The Two Simple Arguments""; ""6. The Master Argument""; ""4. The Argument for Idealism in the First Dialogue""; ""1. Defending the Two Simple Arguments""; ""2. Why All Things Perceived by Sense are Immediately Perceived""; ""3. Why Sensible Qualities are Ideas""; ""4.3.1 The Identification Argument""; ""4.3.2 The Argument from Perceptual Relativity""; ""4.3.3 Why Primary Qualities are Ideas""; ""4.4 Summary of the Argument for Idealism""

""Conclusion""""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-877758-2

1-283-95042-1

0-19-164820-5

OCLC:

922972075