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1 online resource (x, 323 pages) |
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ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; BERKELEY'S WAY TOWARDS CONSTRUCTIVISM, 1707-1709; BERKELEY'S NEW THEORY OF VISION; ANALYSIS IN BERKELEY'S THEORY OF VISION; BERKELEY AND THE TIME-GAP ARGUMENT; PART TWO; TWO BERKELIAN ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE NATURE OF SPACE; LIGHT AND CAUSALITY IN SIRIS; PART THREE; STOICISM IN BERKELEY'S PHILOSOPHY; ABSTRACTION; DID HUME READ BERKELEY'S THE QUERIST?; LEIBNIZ AND BERKELEY ON BODY; PART FOUR; SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS AND LONGSIGHTEDNESS IN BERKELEY; BERKELEY ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BRUTES AND MEN; MARVELLOUS EMPTINESS |
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BELIEF AND ITS OBJECTS IN BERKELEY'S SYSTEMCERTAINTY AND KNOWLEDGE OF OBJECTS IN BERKELEY; NON-CONSCIOUS AGENCY AND BERKELEY'S THEORY OF SIGNS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
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George Berkeley (1685-1753) is, Other John Locke and David Hume, one of the three major figures in the British empiricist school of philosophy. He has been the centre of much attention recently and his philosophical profile has gradually changed. In the 20th century he was almost exclusively known for his denial of the existence of matter (as this term was defined in those days), but today it is no longer reasonable to confine an account of Berkeley to the challenging philosophical inventions that he published when he was a young fellow at Trinity College in Dublin. This is a welcome trend. It |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Berkeley, George, 1685-1753.
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Berkeley, George, 1685-1753 |
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Idea (Philosophy)
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Realism.
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Thought and thinking.
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Immaterialism (Philosophy)
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thinking.
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Philosophy.
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Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900.
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Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Idea (Philosophy)
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Immaterialism (Philosophy)
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Realism
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Thought and thinking
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Electronic book
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Airaksinen, Timo, 1947-
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Belfrage, Bertil
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| ISBN |
1443828165 |
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9781443828161 |
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