Oxford Handbook of Berkeley

The Oxford Handbook of Berkeley is a compendious examination of a large number of topics in the philosophy of George Berkeley (1685-1753), Anglican Bishop of Cloyne, the famous idealist and most illustrious Irish philosopher. This volume includes contributions from thirty-four expert commentators on Berkeley's philosophy, some of whom provide a state-of-the-art account of his philosophical achievements, and some of whom place his philosophy in historical context by comparing it with the views of other philosophers (including predecessors, contemporaries, and successors).

List of contents

• 1. Introduction, Samuel C. Rickless


• 2. Berkeley's Intellectual Background, Daniel E. Flage


• Metaphysics


• 3. Berkeley on Abstract Ideas and Abstraction, Martha Brandt Bolton


• 4. Berkeley on Ideas and Notions, James Hill


• 5. Berkeley's Arguments for Idealism, Benjamin Hill


• 6. Berkeley on Objections to Idealism, Georges Dicker


• 7. Berkeley on Materialism and Immaterialism, Melissa Frankel


• 8. Berkeley on Minds, Genevieve Migely


• 9. Berkeley on Qualities, Richard Glauser


• 10. Berkeley on God, Stephen H. Daniel


• 11. Berkeley's Theory of Language, Kenneth L. Pearce


• Epistemology


• 12: Berkeley on Common Sense, S. Seth Bordner


• 13. Berkeley's Natural Philosophy, Margaret Atherton


• 14. Berkeley on Perception, Keota Fields


• 15. Berkeley's Theory of Vision, Robert Schwartz


• 16. Berkeley on Mathematics, Douglas Jesseph


• 17. Berkeley on Chemistry, Luc Peterschmitt


• Value Theory


• 18. Berkeley on the Economics of Poverty, Marc A. Hight and Geoffrey S. Lea


• 19: Berkeley on Political Obligation, Nancy Kendrick


• 20. Berkeley's Theology, Timo Airaksinen


• Forebears, Contemporaries, and Successors


• 21. Berkeley and Irish Philosophy, Stefan Storrie


• 22: Berkeley and Descartes, Alan Nelson


• 23. Berkeley and Locke, Patrick J. Connolly


• 24. Berkeley and Malebranche, Sukjae Lee


• 25. Berkeley and Newton, Monica Solomon


• 26. Berkeley and Leibniz, Stephen Puryear


• 27. Berkeley and Mandeville, Mikko Tolonen


• 28. Berkeley and Shaftesbury, Laurent Jaffro


• 29. Berkeley and Collier, Tom Stoneham


• 30. Berkeley and Edwards, Antonia LoLordo


• 31. Berkeley and Hume, Jennifer Smalligan Maruši?


• 32. Berkeley and Reid, Rebecca Copenhaver


• 33. Berkeley and Kant, Tim Jankowiak


• 34. Berkeley and Shepherd, Samuel C. Rickless

About the author

Samuel C. Rickless (Ph.D. UCLA, 1996) is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California San Diego, and affiliate professor at the University of San Diego School of Law. He has authored three books (one on Plato, one on Berkeley, and one on Locke), co-edited two collections of articles (on the ethics of war and the ethics and law of omissions), and published over sixty articles and book chapters (some co-authored) on topics in ancient Greek philosophy, early modern European philosophy, normative ethics, philosophy of law, and philosophy of language.

Summary

The Oxford Handbook of Berkeley is a compendious examination of a vast array of topics in the philosophy of George Berkeley (1685-1753), Anglican Bishop of Cloyne, the famous idealist and most illustrious Irish philosopher. Berkeley is best known for his denial of the existence of material substance and his insistence that the only things that exist in the universe are minds (including God) and their ideas; however, Berkeley was a polymath who contributed to a variety of different disciplines, not well distinguished from philosophy in the eighteenth century, including the theory and psychology of vision, the nature and functioning of language, the debate over infinitesimals in mathematics, political philosophy, economics, chemistry (including his favoured panacea, tar-water), and theology.

This volume includes contributions from thirty-four expert commentators on Berkeley's philosophy, some of whom provide a state-of-the-art account of his philosophical achievements, and some of whom place his philosophy in historical context by comparing and contrasting it with the views of his contemporaries (including Mandeville, Collier, and Edwards), as well as with philosophers who preceded him (such as Descartes, Locke, Malebranche, and Leibniz) and others who succeeded him (such as Hume, Reid, Kant, and Shepherd).

Additional text

The Oxford Handbook of Berkeley stands out as an essential work tool for anyone who wants to deepen the study of his philosophy, beyond the school vision of the negation of the existence of matter... A very useful index closes the volume.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel Rickless
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780190873417
• ISBN: 978-0-19-087341-7
• No. of pages: 728
• Series: Oxford Handbooks; Oxford Handbooks Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800