Dieser von Wolfgang Breidert eingeleitete und bersetzte Band enthlt fnf Schriften von George Berkeley (1685-1753). Die vier ersten stehen im Zusammenhang einer Kontroverse, die Berkeley mit seiner 1734 erschienenen Schrift The Analyst eingeleitet hatte. Auerdem enthlt der Band den Traktat De motu (ber die Bewegung) aus dem Jahre 1721, in dem Berkeley die physikalischen Grundbegriffe seiner Zeit untersucht.

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Deeply original, inspiring to some, abhorrent to others, George Berkeley s philosophy of immaterialism is still influential three hundred years after the publication of his most widely read book, "Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous. "Berkeley published the"Dialogues"becauseof theunenthusiastic reception of his"Principles of Human Knowledge "in 1710." "He hoped the use of the""dialogue format would win a more favorable hearing, but unfortunately for Berkeley, the response was every bit as scathing as the reception of his previous work. In recent decades, Berkeley s work has been...

In An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision George Berkeley weaves a theory that depends on Gods existence, and is shockingly difficult to refute. The problems he poses are immensely difficult, and still being answered.

George Berkeley was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism". This theory denies the existence of material substance and instead contends that familiar objects like tables and chairs are only ideas in the minds of perceivers, and as a result cannot exist without being perceived. Thus, as Berkeley famously...

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