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Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous , by George Berkeley , is a collection of three philosophical dialogues that explore the topics of knowledge, perception, and the idea of materialism. Berkeley, an Irish philosopher and theologian, wrote these dialogues in the early... Read Full Overview

First published in 1713, this work was designed as a vivid and persuasive presentation of the remarkable picture of reality that Berkeley had first presented two years earlier in his Principles. His central claim there, as here, was that the world is not material but mental... Read Full Overview

A model of what an edition of a philosohic text for an introductory level should be. Introduction does an admirable job of putting Berkeley's thought in the intellectual context of its time. --Gary C. Hatfield

Part of the "Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy," this edition of Berkeley's Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous is framed by a pedagogical structure designed to make this important work of philosophy more accessible and meaningful for readers. A General... Read Full Overview

Berkeley uses Hylas as his primary contemporary philosophical adversary, and using Philonous, he argues his own metaphysical views. Three important concepts discussed in the Three Dialogues are perceptual relativity, the conceivability/master argument, and Berkeley's phenomenalism... Read Full Overview

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization... Read Full Overview

First published in 1713, this work was designed as a vivid and persuasive presentation of the remarkable picture of reality that Berkeley had first presented two years earlier in his Principles. His central claim there, as here, was that the world is not material but mental... Read Full Overview

George Berkeley also known as Bishop Berkeley, was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism" (later referred to as "subjective idealism" by others). This theory contends that individuals can only know directly... Read Full Overview

1713 erschien in London Drei Dialoge zwischen Hylas und Philonous von George Berkeley. Letzterer, der Geistesfreund, verficht den ontologischen Grundsatz Berkeleys, dass nichts existiert au er denkenden Wesen und Ideen in the mind? Existenz ist Wahrgenommenwerden (percipi) oder... Read Full Overview

Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, or simply Three Dialogues, is a 1713 book on metaphysics and idealism written by George Berkeley. Taking the form of a dialogue, the book was written as a response to the criticism Berkeley experienced after publishing A Treatise Concerning... Read Full Overview

Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous is a book written by George Berkeley in 1713. Three important concepts discussed in the Three Dialogues are perceptual relativity, the conceivability/master argument ("master argument" was coined by Andr Gallois), and Berkeley's phenomenalism... Read Full Overview

Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous

In Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists

George Berkeley

Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous is a book written by George Berkeley in 1713.

Three important concepts discussed in the Three Dialogues... Read Full Overview

Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous is a collection of three philosophical dialogues, in which the topics discussed are perceptual relativity, the conceivability/master argument and Berkeley's phenomenalism. An extension of Berkley's ideas, the work presents his philosophy... Read Full Overview