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Zusatztext All of Berkeley's major works are addressed! from those with which his fame is associated today ? to his writings in mathematics! political economy! apologetics! and philosophy of perception. The result is an exceptionally complete and authoritative introduction to Berkeley. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. Informationen zum Autor Bertil Belfrage became Assistant Professor (universitetslektor) in Theoretical Philosophy at Lund University, Sweden, in 1970 and Research Fellow in the History of Ideas and Sciences in 1993. Richard Brook is Emeritus Professor at of Philosophy at Bloomsburg University, USA. Klappentext Due to his theory of 'immaterialism' and Schopenhauer's regard of him as the 'father of idealism', George Berkeley (1685-1753) is one of the most important thinkers of the Early Modern period. The Bloomsbury Companion to Berkeley is a comprehensive one volume reference guide to his life, thought and work. In twenty six original essays, a team of leading international scholars of Modern Philosophy cover all of Berkeley's writings including unpublished manuscripts and correspondence, thus providing readers with a complete and accessible source of information to the entire corpus of Berkeley's writings. The book includes extended essays on key themes in Berkeley's thought as well as sections covering Berkeley's life and times, and also his intellectual influence and legacy.A comprehensive one-volume reference guide to the life, work and thought of George Berkeley, written by an international team of leading scholars. Zusammenfassung Due to his theory of 'immaterialism' and Schopenhauer's regard of him as the 'father of idealism'! George Berkeley (1685-1753) is one of the most important thinkers of the Early Modern period. The Bloomsbury Companion to Berkeley is a comprehensive one volume reference guide to his life! thought and work. In twenty six original essays! a team of leading international scholars of Modern Philosophy cover all of Berkeley's writings including unpublished manuscripts and correspondence! thus providing readers with a complete and accessible source of information to the entire corpus of Berkeley's writings. The book includes extended essays on key themes in Berkeley's thought as well as sections covering Berkeley's life and times! and also his intellectual influence and legacy. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors AbbreviationsIntroduction, Bertil Belfrage & Richard Brook Part one Berkeley’s Life and ImportanceChapter oneBerkeley’s Biography, Tom JonesChapter twoBerkeley’s Bermuda Project in Context, Nancy KendrickChapter threeBerkeley’s Correspondence, Marc HightChapter fourBerkeley and Twentieth Century Realist-Anti-realist Controversies, Howard Michael Robinson Part two Berkeley’s Major Works Chapter fiveAtomism in Berkeley’s Theory of Vision , Bertil BelfrageChapter sixBerkeley’s Principles of Human Knowledge, Samuel RicklessChapter seven Berkeley’s Three Dialogues between Hylas, Philonous and the Sceptic, Tom StonehamChapter eightThe Mystery of Goodness in Berkeley’s Passive Obedience, Bertil BelfrageChapter nineBerkeley’s De Motu , Richard BrookChapter ten Alciphron or the Minute Philosopher : Berkeley’s Redefinition of Free-Thinking, Adam GrzelinskiChapter elevenBerkeley’s Querist: ‘Hints... what is to be done in this Critical State of our Affairs’ or proposals for a Hyperborean Eutopia? Patrick KellyChapter twelve Berkeley’s Siris . An Interpretation, Timo Airaksinen Part threeBerkeley in Context Chapter thirteenBerkeley and Descartes, Charles McCrackenChapter fourteenBerkeley and Leibniz, Laurence CarlinChapter fifteenBerkeley and Locke on Perception, Georges DickerChapter sixteenBerkeley and Malebranche, Charles McCrackenChapter seventeen...
