A metaphysics for the mob : the philosophy of George Berkeley / John Russell Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, John Russell, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berkeley, George, 1685-1753.

Berkeley, George.

Metaphysics.

First philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 172 pages)

Other Title:

Philosophy of George Berkeley

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Berkeley claimed that his immaterialist metaphysics was not only consistent with common sense but that it was also integral to its defense. Roberts argues that understanding the basic connection between Berkeley's philosophy requires that we develop a better understanding of the principle components of his positive metaphyics.

Contents:

Introduction: Hume's legacy

The Berkelian basics: why esse is not percipi

One Berkeley: Protestant Semantics and the curtain of words

Knowing spirits

Resurrecting Berkelian spirits: spirits are forensic unities

Agency and occasionalism

Common sense, the manifest image, and immaterialism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-029536-8

1-281-16383-X

9786611163839

0-19-804283-3

1-4356-1995-1

OCLC:

223203739