{"product_id":"berkeley-an-introduction-paperback-softback-9780631155096","title":"Berkeley; An Introduction (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631155096","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBerkeley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJonathan Dancy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631155096, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 April 1987\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 1 cm, 0.284 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"To write accurately about the history of philosophy, to write illuminatingly about philosophical issues and to write clearly and simply about anything are all three difficult tasks. In this book Jonathan Dancy combines all three with remarkable success. Here is something for all interested people, whether beginners or professioinals.\" \u003ci\u003eJ.O. Urmson \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis new introduction to the main themes of Berkeley's philosophy assumes no previous knowlege of philosophy and will be accessible to first-year students and to the interested general reader. It also offers and defends its own interpretation of Berkeley' position.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eJonathan Dancy argues that we understand Berkeley's idealism best if we take seriously his claim that realism (the view that material things have an existence independent of the mind) derives from a mistaken use of abstraction. Stress is laid on Berkelye's determination to use idealism to bring his God as close to us as possible. Instances of this are his claims that the world we live in is a collection of ideas in God's mind, and that natural events are divine utterances which science is the attempts to interpret. Dancy also discusses Berkelye's attack on the distinction between primary and secondary qualities, and his views on perception and knowledge. There is an account of his theory of the mind and of the nature of human action, and a final chapter contrasts the interpretation offered here with others.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudents who have read this book will be well equipped to understand and assess the frequent references to Berkeley in current literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction 1 \u003cp\u003e1 The Background 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Realism and Representative Realism 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Abstraction 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 God 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Real Things 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Perception and Knowledge 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Science 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Language of God 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Spirits 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Conclusion 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 163\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472100028696,"sku":"9780631155096","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631155096.jpg?v=1785716926","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/berkeley-an-introduction-paperback-softback-9780631155096","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}