Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous / Edition 1

by George Berkeley

Overview

Throughout history, but most especially during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, great minds of philosophy grappled with two thorny questions: What are the objects of knowledge? and How do we come to know them? Using the revealing dialogue technique, Berkeley shakes the very ground of those who believe that something called matter exists to support the sensible qualities we perceive. In his critique of this view, Berkeley argues for ideas in the mind as the only true reality about which one can have knowledge. His arguments for these conclusions, and for the ultimate foundation of all sensible things, can be found in this essential work of early modern philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879754990
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/1988
Series:	Great Books in Philosophy
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	110
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

George Berkeley was born in 1685 in Ireland, and became one of the major theologians and philosophers of the 18th century. Other than Three Dialogues, his major works include The Principles of Human Knowledge.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introductory Material