Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous

by George Berkeley, Robert M. Adams (Editor)

Overview

A model of what an edition of a philosohic text for an introductory level should be. Introduction does an admirable job of putting Berkeley's thought in the intellectual context of its time. --Gary C. Hatfield

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781624660139
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	06/15/1979
Series:	Hackett Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	137
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

George Berkeley was born in 1685 in Ireland, and became one of the major theologians and philosophers of the 18th century. Other than Three Dialogues, his major works include The Principles of Human Knowledge.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Why Study the Dialogues?

2.  Perception, Action, and the World

            2.1 Ideas vs Things

            2.2. Berkeley’s Concern with Skepticism

            2.3 The Move to Phenominalism

            2.4 Phenomenalism and Common Sense

3. Berkeley’s Alternatives

            3.1 Discontinuous Realism

            3.2 Continuous Realism

            3.3 Unsupported Phenomenalism

            3.4 Theistic Phenomenalism

            3.5 Interpreting Berkeley

4. Berkeley’s Life and Work

5. A Note on the Text

Selected Bibliography

The Dialogues

            Preface

            The First Dialogue

            The Second Dialogue            The Third Dialogue