Margaret Atherton 
Berkeley 

Presents a concise and comprehensive analysis of George Berkeley’s thought and the impact of his intellectual contributions to philosophy

In this latest addition to the Blackwell Great Minds series, noted scholar of early modern philosophy Margaret Atherton examines Berkeley’s most influential work and demonstrates the significant conceptual impact of his ideas in metaphysics and the philosophy of religion.

* A concise and rigorous primer on Berkeley’s essential writings and contributions to modern philosophy

* Written by a leading scholar of early modern philosophy

* Offers insight into the foundations of modern metaphysical and religious philosophy

* Equips readers to find firm footing in Berkeley’s wider body of published work in the canon of Western philosophy

Table of Content

Preface: Reading Berkeley

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Berkeley’s Life and Work

Chapter 2: New Theory of Vision

Chapter 3: Principles of Human Knowledge — The Introduction

Chapter 4: Principles of Human Knowledge — Berkeley’s Summary Statement of His Position (PHK 1-33)

Chapter 5: Principles of Human Knowledge — Berkeley’s Replies to Objections (PHK 34-84)

Chapter 6: Principles of Human Knowledge–The Consequences of Berkeley’s Principles (PHK 85-156)

Chapter 7: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous –The Preface and First Dialogue (171-194)

Chapter 8: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous — The First Dialogue 195-207

Chapter 9: There Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous — The Second Dialogue

Chapter 10: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous — The Third Dialogue

Chapter 11: Taking Stock: Berkeley’s Three Books

Index

About the author

Margaret Atherton, Ph D, is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she has been teaching since 1980. She has published numerous articles in the history of early modern philosophy, and has special interests in the works of John Locke and George Berkeley, as well as in the philosophy of perception and the recovery of women philosophers.