A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

by George Berkeley

Overview

The text printed in this volume is the 1734 edition of George Berkeley's "Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge" in which he argues that physical things consist of nothing but ideas, and so do not exist outside the mind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481275460
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/21/2012
Pages:	100
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.21(d)

About the Author

George Berkeley (1685-1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne), was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism" (later referred to as "subjective idealism" by others). This theory denies the existence of material substance and instead contends that familiar objects like tables and chairs are only ideas in the minds of perceivers, and as a result cannot exist without being perceived. Thus, as Berkeley famously put it, for physical objects "esse est percipi" ("to be is to be perceived"). Berkeley is also known for his critique of abstraction, an important premise in his argument for immaterialism.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introductory MaterialHow to Use this BookEditor's Introduction1. Preamble2. Berkeley's Life3. The Target (or, What Berkeley didn't Believe)4. Berkeley's Metaphysical Picture5. What Happens in the Principles? 6. The Arguments of Principles 1-247. Berkeley's Attack on the Doctrine of Abstract Ideas8. Abstract Ideas in the Principles9. The Existence of God10. Physical Reality11. Scepticism12. Berkeley and the Progress of Science13. The Nature of Spirits14. Berkeley's Intellectual Antecedents15. The Berkeley-Johnson CorrespondenceThe Text Printed in this Edition; Bibliography and Further Reading; Analysis of the PrinciplesPart 2: The TextsA Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human KnowledgePrefaceIntroductionOn the Principles of Human Knowledge Part IThe Berkeley-Johnson CorrespondenceJohnson to Berkeley, 10 September 1729Berkeley to Johnson, 25 November 1729Johnson to Berkeley , 5 February 1730Berkeley to Johnson , 24 March 1730Part 3: Glossary, Notes, and IndexGlossaryNotes to the PrinciplesNotes to the Berkeley-Johnson CorrespondenceIndex