Berkeley: Philosophical Writings

by George Berkeley

Book Overview

George Berkeley (1685-1753) was a university teacher, a missionary, and later a Church of Ireland bishop. The over-riding objective of his long philosophical career was to counteract objections to religious belief that resulted from new philosophies associated with the Scientific Revolution. Accordingly, he argued against scepticism and atheism in the Principles and the Three Dialogues; he rejected theories of force in the Essay on Motion; he offered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521707625
• ISBN13: 9780521707626
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"