The Bloomsbury Companion to Berkeley

by Bertil Belfrage (Editor), Richard Brook (Editor)

Overview

Due to his theory of 'immaterialism' and Schopenhauer's regard of him as the 'father of idealism', George Berkeley (1685-1753) is one of the most important thinkers of the Early Modern period. The Bloomsbury Companion to Berkeley is a comprehensive one volume reference guide to his life, thought and work. In twenty six original essays, a team of leading international scholars of Modern Philosophy cover all of Berkeley's writings including unpublished manuscripts and correspondence, thus providing readers with a complete and accessible source of information to the entire corpus of Berkeley's writings. The book includes extended essays on key themes in Berkeley's thought as well as sections covering Berkeley's life and times, and also his intellectual influence and legacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441162281
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/21/2017
Series:	Bloomsbury Companions
Pages:	536
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Richard Brook is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Bloomsburg University, USA.

Bertil Belfrage became Assistant Professor (universitetslektor) in Theoretical Philosophy at Lund University, Sweden, in 1970 andResearch Fellow in the History of Ideas and Sciences in 1993.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors


Abbreviations
Introduction, bertil belfrage & richard brook

Part one
Berkeley's Life and Importance

Chapter one
Berkeley's Biography, tom jones
Chapter two
Berkeley's Bermuda Project in Context, nancy kendrick
Chapter three
Berkeley's Correspondence, marc hight
Chapter four
Berkeley and Twentieth Century Realist-Anti-realist Controversies, howard michael robinson

Part two
Berkeley's Major Works

Chapter five
Atomism in Berkeley's Theory of Vision, bertil belfrage
Chapter six
Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge, samuel rickless
Chapter seven
Berkeley's Three Dialogues between Hylas, Philonous and the Sceptic, tom stoneham
Chapter eight
The Mystery of Goodness in Berkeley's Passive Obedience, bertil belfrage
Chapter nine
Berkeley's De Motu, richard brook
Chapter ten
Alciphron or the Minute Philosopher: Berkeley's Redefinition of Free-Thinking, adam grzelinski
Chapter eleven
Berkeley's Querist: 'Hints... what is to be done in this Critical State of our Affairs' or proposals for a Hyperborean Eutopia? patrick kelly
Chapter twelve Berkeley's Siris. An Interpretation, timo airaksinen

Part three
Berkeley in Context

Chapter thirteen
Berkeley and Descartes, charles mcCracken
Chapter fourteen
Berkeley and Leibniz, laurence carlin
Chapter fifteen
Berkeley and Locke on Perception, georges dicker
Chapter sixteen
Berkeley and Malebranche, charles mcCracken
Chapter seventeen
Reid's Critique of Berkeley, james van cleve
Chapter eighteen
The Copy Principle in Berkeley and Hume, keota fields
Chapter nineteen
The Reception of Berkeley in Eighteen-century France, sébastien charles

Part four main themes in berkeley's philosophy

Chapter twenty
Berkeley and Common Sense, seth bordner
Chapter twenty-one
Immediate and Mediate Perception, richard glauser
Chapter twenty-two
Berkeley and Phenomenalism, jeff McDonough
Chapter twenty-three
The Nature of Mind in Berkeley's Philosophy, talia bettcher
Chapter twenty-four
Berkeley on the Philosophy of Language, john roberts
Chapter twenty-five
Berkeley's Philosophy of Mathematics, wolfgang breidert
Chapter twenty-six
Berkeley's Philosophy of Religion, kenneth pearce

Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

All of Berkeley’s major works are addressed, from those with which his fame is associated today … to his writings in mathematics, political economy, apologetics, and philosophy of perception. The result is an exceptionally complete and authoritative introduction to Berkeley. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.” - CHOICE

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