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Berkeley's Three Dialogues
Author | : Stefan Storrie |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0198755686 |
This is the first volume of essays on Berkeley's Three Dialogues, a classic of early modern philosophy. Leading experts cover all the central issues in the text: the rejection of material substance, the nature of perception and reality, the limits of human knowledge, and the perceived threats of skepticism, atheism, and immorality.
Berkeley’s Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
Author | : George Berkeley |
Publisher | : Lindhardt og Ringhof |
Total Pages | : 61 |
Release | : 2020-07-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 8726627434 |
Berkeley uses the Socratic mode of inquiry in "Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous" to question fundamental beliefs about knowledge and reality. These dialogues are between Hylas (whose name is derived from the ancient Greek word for matter) and Philonous, whose name means "lover of mind." The new physical sciences developed in the seventeenth century supported the materialism proposed by Thomas Hobbes and several other philosophers. This worldview proclaimed that all of reality consists of nothing but matter in motion, thus promoting atheism and ethical skepticism. The implications for politics, ethics, and religion caused concern among leading intellectuals in the eighteenth century. Whatever the value of the positive claims presented in this work, Berkeley foreshadows the philosophical impact of twentieth century physics, which challenges the foundations of such materialism and calls for a better understanding of both the physical and the mental aspects of reality. Berkeley was born in Ireland where he served as Bishop of Cloyne (Dublin). He published works in philosophy, mathematics, science, and religion. His other works include the "Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge" and "An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision". He is one of the central figures in the tradition known as Empiricism.
Berkeley's World
Author | : Tom Stoneham |
Publisher | : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780198752370 |
Tom Stoneham offers a clear and detailed study of Berkeley's metaphysics and epistemology, as presented in his classic work Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, originally published in 1713 and still widely studied. Stoneham shows that Berkeley is an important and systematic philosopher whose work is still of relevance to philosophers today.
Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
Author | : George Berkeley |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2012-12-28 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1551119889 |
This is a new critical edition of Berkeley’s 1734 (third edition, first 1713) Three Dialogues, a text that is deservedly one of the most challenging and beloved classics of modern philosophy. The heart of the work is the dispute between materialism and idealism, two fundamentally opposed positions that are embodied by Hylas and Philonous, the characters in this philosophical drama. The book is packed with brilliant arguments and counter-arguments of an extraordinarily sophisticated nature. Amid all this philosophical swordplay one would think that there could be scant room for the characters to develop any sort of personality. Yet in Berkeley’s hands, and with his literary gifts, the interlocutors are both vivid and funny. The dialogue deals with some of the most important perennial problems of philosophy, including: the materialism-idealism dispute, skepticism in rationalist and empiricist epistemology, the conflict over apriorism and aposteriorism, rationalism versus empiricism, the existence and nature of God, the philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, abstract general ideas, the role of perception in human knowledge, and the metaphysics of causation. This edition combines a usefully annotated version of Berkeley’s complete original text with a substantial critical introduction, a chronology of events in Berkeley’s life and career, and supplementary annotated appendices of original sources from thinkers relevant to Berkeley’s work.
George Berkeley: Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy)
Author | : George B. Berkeley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2016-05-23 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1315507315 |
Part of the “Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy,” this edition of Berkeley's Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous is framed by a pedagogical structure designed to make this important work of philosophy more accessible and meaningful for readers. A General Introduction includes biographical information on Berkeley, the work's historical context, and a discussion of historical influences, and a conclusion discusses how the work has influenced other philosophers and why it is important today. Annotations and notes from the editor clarify difficult passages for greater understanding. A bibliography gives the reader additional resources for further study.
Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
Author | : George Berkeley |
Publisher | : BoD - Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2022-12-20 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, or simply Three Dialogues, is a 1713 book on metaphysics and idealism written by George Berkeley. Taking the form of a dialogue, the book was written as a response to the criticism Berkeley experienced after publishing A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. Three important concepts discussed in the Three Dialogues are perceptual relativity, the conceivability/master argument[a] and Berkeley's phenomenalism. Perceptual relativity argues that the same object can appear to have different characteristics (e.g. shape) depending on the observer's perspective. Since objective features of objects cannot change without an inherent change in the object itself, shape must not be an objective feature.
Berkeley's Argument for Idealism
Author | : Samuel C. Rickless |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2013-01-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199669422 |
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.