A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, History, Criticism, & Surveys
| Author: | George Berkeley | ISBN: | 9780486149332 |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications | Publication: | August 3, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications | Language: | English |
| Author: | George Berkeley |
| ISBN: | 9780486149332 |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications |
| Publication: | August 3, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications |
| Language: | English |
Originally published in 1710, this landmark of Western philosophy introduced a revolutionary concept: immaterialism, which asserts that to be is to perceive or be perceived. The treatise opens with an assault on Locke's theory of abstract ideas and proceeds with arguments that sensible qualities exist only when perceived as ideas.
Originally published in 1710, this landmark of Western philosophy introduced a revolutionary concept: immaterialism, which asserts that to be is to perceive or be perceived. The treatise opens with an assault on Locke's theory of abstract ideas and proceeds with arguments that sensible qualities exist only when perceived as ideas.
