George Berkeley : Critical Assessments

ISBN-13: 9780415020923 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991

Walter Creery; Walter E. Creery

Opis

During the past 30 years Berkeley scholars and commentators have produced articles and books on almost every aspect and feature of Berkeley's work. There is, however, hardly any central aspect of Berkeley's theories about which commentators might be said to be in agreement: but it is not difficult to identify several kinds of dialectical development. Since the debate shows no signs of abating, it should be useful to the students of Berkeley to have a collection of the more significant articles in a convenient form, particularly since many of the recent articles are scattered over some 50 or 60 journals. This text is one of three volumes which gather together 86 articles on the central issues of the philosophy of language, the theory of vision, qualities, general ideas, matter, the theory of mind and notions. The collection contains articles both harshly critical of Berkeley as well as those sympathetic to the philosopher's views, and there has been an attempt to balance the selection between the immaterialist and idealist theories.

O autorze

Walter E. Creery is Associate Professor of Philosophy, York University.