Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
George Berkeley
Edited, with an Introduction by David Hilbert and John Perry
Deeply original, inspiring to some, abhorrent to others, George Berkeley's
philosophy of immaterialism is still influential three hundred years after
the publication of his most widely read book, Three Dialogues Between
Hylas and Philonous. Berkeley published the Dialogues because of the
unenthusiastic reception of his Principles of Human Knowledge in 1710. He
hoped the use of the dialogue format would win a more favorable hearing,
but unfortunately for Berkeley, the response was every bit as scathing as
the reception of his previous work. In recent decades, In recent decades,
Berkeley's work has been recognized as an excellent introduction to the English
philosophy of the eighteenth century, and to philosophy in general. This
edition of the dialogues is accessibly organized by David Hilbert and John
Perry.
- Introduction
- 1. Why Study the Dialogues?
- 2. Perception, Action, and the World
- 2.1 Ideas vs Things
- 2.2 Berkeley's Concern with Skepticism
- 2.3 The Move to Phenominalism
- 2.4 Phenomenalism and Common Sense
- 3. Berkeley's Alternatives
- 3.1 Discontinuous Realism
- 3.2 Continuous Realism
- 3.3 Unsupported Phenomenalism
- 3.4 Theistic Phenomenalism
- 3.5 Interpreting Berkeley
- 4. Berkeley's Life and Work
- 5. A Note on the Text
- Selected Bibliography
- The Dialogues
- Preface
- The First Dialogue
- The Second Dialogue
- The Third Dialogue
March 2013
ISBN (Paperback): 0941736059 (9780941736053)
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