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Berkeley: An Introduction
Jonathan Dancy
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Paperback. This new introduction to the main themes of Berkeleya s philosophy assumes no previous knowlege of philosophy and will be accessible to first--year students and to the interested general reader. It also offers and defends its own interpretation of Berkeleya position. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
This new introduction to the main themes of Berkeleya s philosophy assumes no previous knowlege of philosophy and will be accessible to first--year students and to the interested general reader. It also offers and defends its own interpretation of Berkeleya position. Jonathan Dancy argues that we understand Berkeleya s idealism best if we take seriously his claim that realism (the view that material things have an existence independent of the mind) derives from a mistaken use of abstraction. Stress is laid on Berkelyea s determination to use idealism to bring his God as close to us as possible. ... Read more
This new introduction to the main themes of Berkeleya s philosophy assumes no previous knowlege of philosophy and will be accessible to first--year students and to the interested general reader. It also offers and defends its own interpretation of Berkeleya position. Jonathan Dancy argues that we understand Berkeleya s idealism best if we take seriously his claim that realism (the view that material things have an existence independent of the mind) derives from a mistaken use of abstraction. Stress is laid on Berkelyea s determination to use idealism to bring his God as close to us as possible. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
Weight
286g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631155096
SKU
V9780631155096
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About Jonathan Dancy
Jonathan Dancy is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading and author of An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology (Blackwell, 1985) and Moral Reasons (Blackwell, 1993), and editor of A Companion to Epistemology (with Ernest Sosa, Blackwell, 1992), Reading Parfit (Blackwell, 1997), and Normativity (Blackwell, 2000).
Reviews for Berkeley: An Introduction
To write accurately about the history of philosophy, to write illuminatingly about philosophical issues and to write clearly and simply about anything are all three difficult tasks. In this book Jonathan Dancy combines all three with remarkable success. Here is something for all interested people, whether beginners or professioinals. J.O. Urmson