Berkeley
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At the crossroads of faith and reason stands George Berkeley, the eighteenth-century Irish philosopher whose radical idealism forever altered the course of Western thought — and G. J. Warnock's Berkeley serves as the definitive guide to understanding his enduring legacy. This volume in the prestigious Pelican Philosophy Series chronicles Berkeley's central argument that the material world exists only as perception, dismantling the assumptions of Lockean empiricism and presenting a vision of reality grounded entirely in minds and ideas. Warnock introduces the reader to Berkeley's most significant works — including A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous — with clarity and intellectual rigour, making the philosopher's often challenging arguments accessible without sacrificing depth. Warnock's prose is precise yet approachable, reflecting his stature as one of Britain's foremost analytic philosophers, and he situates Berkeley's thought within the broader tradition of British empiricism alongside Locke and Hume. The work argues that Berkeley's immaterialism, far from being a curiosity of history, has a continued and constructive influence on modern philosophy, particularly in debates concerning perception, language, and the philosophy of mind. For anyone seeking to understand how one thinker's audacious questioning of matter itself reshaped philosophy for centuries to come, this volume is an essential and illuminating starting point.
Author: G. J. Warnock
Format: Paperback
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of faith and reason stands George Berkeley, the eighteenth-century Irish philosopher whose radical idealism forever altered the course of Western thought — and G. J. Warnock's Berkeley serves as the definitive guide to understanding his enduring legacy. This volume in the prestigious Pelican Philosophy Series chronicles Berkeley's central argument that the material world exists only as perception, dismantling the assumptions of Lockean empiricism and presenting a vision of reality grounded entirely in minds and ideas. Warnock introduces the reader to Berkeley's most significant works — including A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous — with clarity and intellectual rigour, making the philosopher's often challenging arguments accessible without sacrificing depth. Warnock's prose is precise yet approachable, reflecting his stature as one of Britain's foremost analytic philosophers, and he situates Berkeley's thought within the broader tradition of British empiricism alongside Locke and Hume. The work argues that Berkeley's immaterialism, far from being a curiosity of history, has a continued and constructive influence on modern philosophy, particularly in debates concerning perception, language, and the philosophy of mind. For anyone seeking to understand how one thinker's audacious questioning of matter itself reshaped philosophy for centuries to come, this volume is an essential and illuminating starting point.