Kail, P. J. E.

Berkeley's a treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge : an introduction / P. J. E. Kail. - New York : Cambridge university press, 2014. - x, 159 p. - Cambridge introductions to key philosophical texts .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction; 2. Context and aims; 3. The Introduction to the Principles; 4. The argument for immaterialism; 5. Against the philosophers: the refutation of materialism; 6. Reality and God; 7. Science and mathematics; 8. Spirits.

This highly readable and lucid introduction to Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge covers all the major topics in Berkeley's work, and provides a substantial, but lively, account of its historical context. The book deals with topics such as abstract ideas, immaterialism, God and reality, science, mathematics, the self and action.

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Idealism.
Berkeley, George, 1685-1753.
Knowledge, Theory of.

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