THREE DIALOGUES/HYLAS & PHILONOUS

by George Berkeley, Robert M. Adams

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:	9780915144617
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/1979
Series:	Hpc Classics Series , #61
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	137
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Hilbert is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. John Perry is professor emeritus in Philosophy at Stanford.

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

Editorial Reviews

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

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