Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues

by Berkeley, George; Robinson, Howard

• ISBN13: 9780192835499
• ISBN10: 0192835491
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Berkeley's idealism started a revolution in philosophy. As one of the great empiricist thinkers he not only influenced British philosophers from Hume to Russell and the logical positivists in the twentieth century, he also set the scene for the continental idealism of Hegel and even thephilosophy of Marx.There has never been such a radical critique of common sense and perception as that given in Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge (1710). His views were met with disfavour, and his response to his critics was the Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous.This edition of Berkeley's two key works has an introduction which examines and in part defends his arguments for idealism, as well as offering a detailed analytical contents list, extensive philosophical notes and an index.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction	ix
Note on the Texts	xxxviii
Select Bibliography	xxxix
A Chronology of George Berkeley	xli
Principles of Human Knowledge	1	(96)
Three Dialogues	97	(112)
Explanatory Notes	209	(24)
Index	233