Berkeley-Arg Philosophers

The purpose of this series is to provide a contemporary assessment and history of the entire course of philosophical thought. Each book constitutes a detailed, critical introduction to the work of a philosopher of major influence and significance. George Berkeley, an Irishman of English descent, was born on March 12, 1685 near Kilkenny, Ireland. By the age of twenty-eight, then, Berkeley had completed the great works that give him a secure place in the history of philosophy. Preface, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous I Biographical Sketch II The Visual Perception of Distance III Visible Objects; the Visual Perception of Magnitude IV Retinal Images; the Heterogeneity of Tangible and Visible Objects V Abstract Ideas VI The Objects of Immediate Perception: Ideas of Sense VII The Attack against Lockean Matter VIII Berkeley’s World View I: Ideas of Sense IX Berkeley’s World View II: Berkeley and Common Sense X Berkeley’s World View III: the Existence of Unperceived Objects XI Berkeley’s View of the Mind XII Passive Obedience