Berkeley's Principles of human knowledge : a reader's guide /

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Author / Creator:	Richmond, Alasdair.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Continuum, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 187 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Continuum reader's guides Continuum reader's guides.
Subject:	Berkeley, George, -- 1685-1753. -- Treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge. Treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge (Berkeley, George) Knowledge, Theory of. Idealism. Idealism. Knowledge, Theory of. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11232095

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ISBN:	9781441119841 1441119841 9781847060280 1847060285 9781847060297 1847060293 9781282873391 1282873393 9786612873393 6612873396
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge is a key text in the history of British Empiricism and 18th-century thought. As a free-standing systematic exposition of Berkeley's ideas, this is a hugely important and influential text, central to any undergraduate's study of the history of philosophy. In Berkeley's 'Principles of Human Knowledge': A Reader's Guide, Alasdair Richmond provides a clear and accessible introduction to Berkeley's seminal text, offering guidance on - Philosophical and historical context - Key themes - Reading the text - Reception and influence and€further reading.
Other form:	Print version: Richmond, Alasdair. Berkeley's Principles of human knowledge. London ; New York : Continuum, 2009 9781847060280

Table of Contents:

Context. Biography ; Berkeley's philosophical background
Overview of themes. The central philosophical arguments
Reading the text. The principles : introduction (1-25) ; The principles : part I (1-156) ; The objects of knowledge : ideas and spirits (1-33) ; Philosophical objections to immaterialism and replies (34-81) ; Advanges of immaterialism : philosophy, science, mathematics and religion (82-156)
Reception and influence
Guide to further reading.

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