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Hardback. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Berkeley: Ideas, Immaterialism, and Objective Presence offers a novel interpretation of the arc of George Berkeley's philosophical thought, from his theory of vision through his immaterialism and finally to his proof of God's existence. Keota Fields unifies these themes to focus on Berkeley's use of the Cartesian doctrine of objective presence, which demands causal explanations of the content of ideas. This is particularly so with respect to Berkeley's arguments for immaterialism. One of those arguments is typically read as a straightforward transitivity argument. After identifying material bodies with sensible objects, and the latter with ideas of sense, Berkeley concludes that ... Read more
Berkeley: Ideas, Immaterialism, and Objective Presence offers a novel interpretation of the arc of George Berkeley's philosophical thought, from his theory of vision through his immaterialism and finally to his proof of God's existence. Keota Fields unifies these themes to focus on Berkeley's use of the Cartesian doctrine of objective presence, which demands causal explanations of the content of ideas. This is particularly so with respect to Berkeley's arguments for immaterialism. One of those arguments is typically read as a straightforward transitivity argument. After identifying material bodies with sensible objects, and the latter with ideas of sense, Berkeley concludes that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739142950
SKU
V9780739142950
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About Keota Fields
Keota Fields is assistant professor of philosophy at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Reviews for Berkeley
Fields offers a persuasive argument for appealing more to Arnauld than to Descartes, Malebranche, or Locke to understand Berkeley's doctrines of vision, perception, abstraction, and God. By showing how Berkeley treats ideas as acts, Fields provocatively reinterprets Berkeley's contribution to modern philosophy.
Stephen H. Daniel, Texas A&M University
Stephen H. Daniel, Texas A&M University