A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

by George Berkeley, Kenneth P. Winkler

Overview

Kenneth Winkler's esteemed edition of Berkeley's Principles is based on the second edition (London, 1734), the last one published in Berkeley's lifetime.

Life other members of Hackett's philosophical classics series, it features editorial elements found to be of particular value to students and their teachers: analytical table of contents; chronology of the author's life; selected bibliography; note on the text; glossary; and index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780915145409
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	12/01/1982
Series:	Hackett Classics
Pages:	148
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

George Berkeley (1685-1753) was one of the three great British empiricist philosophers; his best known works include An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision and A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge.

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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