Principles of Human Knowledge · Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (Penguin Classics)

Berkeley, George; Woolhouse, Roger (Ed.)

ISBN 10: 0140432930 / ISBN 13: 9780140432930

Published by Penguin Books, Great Britain, 1988

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VG+. 1st Printing of the 1988 Penguin Classics Soft Cover Edition thus edited, with introduction and notes, by Roger Woolhouse. Mild and uniform age toning and minor bumping along Cover edges the only visible flaws, Book is straight, square, tightly and evenly bound and free of markings, blemishes and creasing along gutter, hinges or spine; Cover is clean and otherwise bright, with sharp corners and joints, straight head, tail, spine and hinges, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design and artwork. (Please see Seller images.) ISBN 0140432930. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping; please contact ShiroBooks PRIOR TO ORDERING if more information, details or photos are needed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Principles of Human Knowledge · Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (Penguin Classics)
• Publisher: Penguin Books, Great Britain
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140432930
• ISBN 13: 9780140432930
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 1 pound

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Synopsis

Whether viewed as extreme skepticism or enlightened common sense, the writings of Berkeley are a major influence on modern philosophy. Bishop Berkeley (1685-1753) was one of the great British empirical philosophers. He believed that the existence of material objects depends on their being perceived and The Principles of Human Knowledge sets out this denial of non-mental material reality. At first his views were unfavorably received by the London intelligentsia, and the entertaining Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous are a clarification of the Realist argument and a response to accusations of atheism and skepticism. In the nineteenth century John Stuart Mill wrote that he considered Berkeley's work to be of "greatest philosophic genius," and it is true to say that its Immaterialism has influenced many recent philosophers.

About the Author

George Berkeley (1685–1753) was an Irish philosopher best known for the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism." He wrote A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge in 1710.

Roger Woolhouse was educated at Dent’s School, Saltburn, and University College London. He has taught at University College Cardiff, the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University, and is presently professor of philosophy at the University of York and visiting professor at Rutgers University. He is the author of Locke’s Philosophy of Science and Knowledge, Locke, The Empiricists, and Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz. He has also edited Goerge Berkeley’s Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous for Penguin Classics.