Reexamining Berkeley's Philosophy / / Stephen H. Daniel.

George Berkeley (1685?1753) is perhaps most famous for his assertion that our knowledge of the world is nothing other than the experience of our ideas. Reexamining Berkeley?s Philosophy examines this aspect of Berkeley?s thought, arguing that such a viewpoint assumes that physical objects and minds...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Toronto Studies in Philosophy
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Contributors --
Abbreviations --
Introduction --
Berkeley, Ideas, and Idealism --
Berkeley's Assessment of Locke's Epistemology --
The Problem of the Unity of a Physical Object in Berkeley --
Why My Chair Is Not Merely a Congeries: Berkeley and the Single-Idea Thesis --
Berkeley on Visible Figure and Extension --
Perceiving and Berkeley's Theory of Substance --
Berkeley's Actively Passive Mind --
Berkeley's Four Concepts of the Soul (1707-1709) --
Christian Mysteries and Berkeley's Alleged Non-Cognitivism --
Berkeley's Criticism of Shaftesbury's Moral Theory in Alciphron III --
Berkeley Poetized --
Index
Summary:George Berkeley (1685?1753) is perhaps most famous for his assertion that our knowledge of the world is nothing other than the experience of our ideas. Reexamining Berkeley?s Philosophy examines this aspect of Berkeley?s thought, arguing that such a viewpoint assumes that physical objects and minds are better understood when discussed in the contexts of science, morality, and religion. This collection confronts the question: how can we know anything about the world if all we know are our ideas?Comprised of eleven previously unpublished essays by leading scholars in the field, Reexamining Berkeley?s Philosophy demonstrates how things in the world are intrinsically related to the sequence of experiences that constitute minds. This collection also discusses how the harmony of experience reveals strategies for recognizing the inherently active character of reality. Ultimately, this volume represents a major contribution to the study of Berkeley?s philosophy by critiquing the tendency to generalize his thought as a version of theologically modified solipsism. In this way, it is a unique and invaluable addition to Berkeley scholarship.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781442684751
9783110490954
DOI:10.3138/9781442684751
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Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Stephen H. Daniel.