Principles of Human Knowledge (World's Classics) - Softcover

Berkeley, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192829734 ISBN 13: 9780192829733

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1996

Synopsis

Berkeley's idealism started a revolution in philosophy. As one of the great empiricist thinkers he not only influenced British philosophers from Hume to Russell and the logical positivists in the twentieth century, he also set the scene for the continental idealism of Hegel and even the philosophy of Marx. There has never been such a radical critique of common sense and perception as that given in Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge (1710). His views were met with disfavour, and his response to his critics was the Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous . This edition of Berkeley's two key works has an introduction which examines and in part defends his arguments for idealism, as well as offering a detailed analytical contents list, extensive philosophical notes and an index. This book is intended for students of philosophy, especially dealing in Empiricism.

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Review

There is something beautiful about the design of this series: their portability, even their tendency to become dog-eared. And this is a welcome reprint, sensitively edited. (Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian)

the editions deserve great credit for the enthusiasm of their approach ... The introductions by eminent scholars put the thoughts of the author and the history of the time into clear perspective. Oxford should be given credit for making the classics accessible for all rather than just crib notes for students. (Jonathan Copeland, Lincolnshire Echo)

About the Author

Howard Robinson is Senior Lecturer at Liverpool University, and Soros Professor at ELTE, Budapest.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192829734
• ISBN 13: 9780192829733
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 278