Berkeley's Principles of human knowledge : a reader's guide / Alasdair Richmond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richmond, Alasdair.

Series:

Continuum reader's guides.

Continuum reader's guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Idealism.

Berkeley, George, 1685-1753. Treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge.

Berkeley, George.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge is a key text in the history of British Empiricism and 18th-century thought. As a free-standing systematic exposition of Berkeley's ideas, this is a hugely important and influential text, central to any undergraduate's study of the history of philosophy. In Berkeley's 'Principles of Human Knowledge': A Reader's Guide , Alasdair Richmond provides a clear and accessible introduction to Berkeley's seminal text, offering guidance on - Philosophical and historical context - Key themes - Reading the text - Reception and influence and further reading.

Contents:

Context. Biography ; Berkeley's philosophical background

Overview of themes. The central philosophical arguments

Reading the text. The principles : introduction (1-25) ; The principles : part I (1-156) ; The objects of knowledge : ideas and spirit (1-33) ; Philosophical objections to immaterialism and replies (34-81) ; Advanges of immaterialism : philosophy, science, mathematics and religion (82-156)

Reception and influence

Guide to further reading.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-179) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-87339-3

9786612873393

1-4411-1984-1

OCLC:

676697610