Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous / Edition 1

by George Berkeley, Jonathan Dancy

Overview

First published in 1713, this work was designed as a vivid and persuasive presentation of the remarkable picture of reality that Berkeley had first presented two years earlier in his Principles. His central claim there, as here, was that the world is not material but mental. Berkeley uses this thesis as the ground for a new argument for the existence of God, and the dialogue form enables him to raise and respond to many of the natural objections to his position. This volume uses the 1734 edition of the text, supplemented by an analysis of the Dialogues and a glossary.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198751496
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/28/1998
Series:	Oxford Philosophical Texts
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	9.16(w) x 6.15(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

The late Dale Jacquette was Senior Professorial Chair in Philosophy, Division for Logic and Theoretical Philosophy, at the University of Bern.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introductory MaterialHow to Use this BookEditor's Introduction1. Why read the Dialogues? 2. Berkeley's Life3. Synopsis of the Dialogues4. Berkeley's Metaphysical System5. The Main Arguments6. Berkeley's Philosophical Purposes7. Berkeley's Intellectual Antecedents8. Special Topics: Pyrrhonism; Substance; Science9. The Relation between the Dialogues and the PrinciplesThe Text Printed in this Edition; Bibliography and Further Reading; Analysis of the DialoguesPart 2: The TextThree Dialogues between Hylas and PhilonousPrefaceDialogue IDialogue IIDialogue IIIPart 3: Glossary, Notes, and IndexGlossaryNotes to the DialoguesIndex

Editorial Reviews

Among the most welcome and distinctive features of this new edition are the editor’s substantial and informative introduction, and also a helpful set of appendices, including passages from Locke that define Berkeley’s main target, a substantial correspondence with Samuel Johnson, and a set of interpretations and convergences in other eighteenth-century writings. Highly recommended for use in upper-level courses.” — Ernest Sosa, Board of Governors Professor, Rutgers University

“A very welcome addition to Berkeley studies is Dale Jacquette’s new edition of Berkeley’s Three Dialogues. Professor Jacquette’s introduction and annotations are extremely helpful, as is his inclusion of Berkeley’s letters to his American correspondent Samuel Johnson. … This book would be quite useful for general courses in Early Modern Philosophy, more advanced courses in Empiricism, and certainly for one devoted just to Berkeley.” — Richard Brook, Professor Emeritus, Bloomsburg University

From the Publisher

A very welcome addition to Berkeley studies is Dale Jacquette’s new edition of Berkeley’s Three Dialogues. Professor Jacquette’s introduction and annotations are extremely helpful, as is his inclusion of Berkeley’s letters to his American correspondent Samuel Johnson….This book would be quite useful for general courses in Early Modern Philosophy, more advanced courses in Empiricism, and certainly for one devoted just to Berkeley.

Richard Brook

Among the most welcome and distinctive features of this new edition are the editor’s substantial and informative introduction, and also a helpful set of appendices, including passages from Locke that define Berkeley’s main target, a substantial correspondence with Samuel Johnson, and a set of interpretations and convergences in other eighteenth-century writings. Highly recommended for use in upper-level courses.

Ernest Sosa