Berkeley: Critical and Interpretive Essays - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719009235 ISBN 13: 9780719009235

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 1986

Synopsis

Berkeley was first published in 1982. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

In contemporary philosophy the works of George Berkeley are considered models of argumentative discourse; his paradoxes have a further value to teachers because, like Zeno's, they challenge a beginning student to find the submerged fallacy. And as a final, triumphant perversion of Berkeley's intent, his central contribution is still commonly viewed as an argument for skepticism - the very position he tried to refute. This limited approach to Berkeley has obscured his accomplishments in other areas of thought - his account of language, his theories of meaning and reference, his philosophy of science. These subjects and others are taken up in a collection of twenty essays, most of them given at a conference in Newport, Rhode Island, commemorating the 250th anniversary of Berkeley's American sojourn of 1728–31. The essays constitute a broad survey of problems tackled by Berkeley and still of interest to philosophers, as well as topics of historical interest less familiar to modern readers. Its comprehensive scope will make this book appropriate for text use.

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From the Back Cover

Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible to scholars, students, researchers, and general readers. Rich with historical and cultural value, these works are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The books offered through Minnesota Archive Editions are produced in limited quantities according to customer demand and are available through select distribution partners.

About the Author

Colin M. Turbayne was a professor of philosophy at the University of Rochester. He is the author of The Myth of Metaphor and has edited several of Berkeley's works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719009235
• ISBN 13: 9780719009235
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Turbayne Colin