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Author Richmond, Alasdair.

Title Berkeley's Principles of human knowledge : a reader's guide / Alasdair Richmond
Published London ; New York : Continuum, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 187 pages)
Series Continuum reader's guides
Continuum reader's guides.
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 spirits (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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index
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Subject Berkeley, George, 1685-1753. Treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge.
SUBJECT Berkeley, George (Philosoph). Treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge. swd
Treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge (Berkeley, George) fast
Subject Knowledge, Theory of.
Idealism.
epistemology.
idealism (philosophical movement)
PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology.
Idealism
Knowledge, Theory of
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008035401
ISBN 9781441119841
1441119841
9781282873391
1282873393
9786612873393
6612873396