A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
The text printed in this volume is the 1734 edition of George Berkeley's "Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge" in which he argues that physical things consist of nothing but ideas, and so do not exist outside the mind.
The text printed in this volume is the 1734 edition of George Berkeley's "Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge" in which he argues that physical things consist of nothing but ideas, and so do not exist outside the mind.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781420926989 (1420926985)
Publish date: January 1st 2006
Publisher: Digireads.com
Pages no: 80
Edition language: English
Berkeley does not hedge on his maxim esse est percipi (being is being perceived). He jumps in head first, bets all on black and puts all of his eggs in one basket without actually mixing metaphors. Berkeley ramps up Locke’s arguments and simplifies them. He does away with Locke’s notion of a sub...