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Book The Works of George Berkeley

Download or read book The Works of George Berkeley written by George Berkeley and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Language and the Structure of Berkeley s World

Download or read book Language and the Structure of Berkeley s World written by Kenneth L. Pearce and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to George Berkeley (1685-1753), there is fundamentally nothing in the world but minds and their ideas. Ideas are understood as pure phenomenal 'feels' which are momentarily had by a single perceiver, then vanish. Surprisingly, Berkeley tries to sell this idealistic philosophical system as a defense of common-sense and an aid to science. However, both common-sense and Newtonian science take the perceived world to be highly structured in a way that Berkeley's system does not appear to allow. Kenneth L. Pearce argues that Berkeley's solution to this problem lies in his innovative philosophy of language. The solution works at two levels. At the first level, it is by means of our conventions for the use of physical object talk that we impose structure on the world. At a deeper level, the orderliness of the world is explained by the fact that, according to Berkeley, the world itself is a discourse 'spoken' by God - the world is literally an object of linguistic interpretation. The structure that our physical object talk - in common-sense and in Newtonian physics - aims to capture is the grammatical structure of this divine discourse. This approach yields surprising consequences for some of the most discussed issues in Berkeley's metaphysics. Most notably, it is argued that, in Berkeley's view, physical objects are neither ideas nor collections of ideas. Rather, physical objects, like forces, are mere quasi-entities brought into being by our linguistic practices.

Book Philosophical Works

Download or read book Philosophical Works written by George Berkeley and published by Phoenix. This book was released on 1993 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of George Berkeley's most important philosophical works contains--Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision; Principles of Human Knowledge; Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous; Theory of Vision Vindicated and Explained; De Motu (in translation); Philosophical Correspondence between Berkeley and Samuel Johnson, 1729-30; and Philosophical Commentaries.

Book The Oxford Companion to English Literature

Download or read book The Oxford Companion to English Literature written by Margaret Drabble and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 本书是《牛津英国文学指南》的最新版本。引进后作为“英美文学文库”的一册。对具有历史的及现代的重要意义的作家、作品、组织等均有简明介绍外,还收入了二十世纪新派文人.

Book Voice and Context in Eighteenth Century Verse

Download or read book Voice and Context in Eighteenth Century Verse written by Allan Ingram and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays reassesses the importance of verse as a medium in the long eighteenth century, and as an invitation for readers to explore many of the less familiar figures dealt with, alongside the received names of the standard criticism of the period.

Book Alciphron  Or  The Minute Philosopher

Download or read book Alciphron Or The Minute Philosopher written by George Berkeley and published by . This book was released on 1732 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book On True and False Ideas

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  • Author : Antoine Arnauld
  • Publisher : Manchester University Press
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN : 9780719032035
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book On True and False Ideas written by Antoine Arnauld and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an English translation of Arnauld's philosophical reply to Malebranche's Search After Truth. It forms the core of one of the most important philosophical controversies of the 17th century, and one which was to have an impact on 18th-century philosophy, especially in Britain. The translation is accompanied by an introductory essay which looks at the history of the problem of perceptual cognition up until the dispute between Arnauld and Malebranche. The subsequent exchanges between the two are discussed in an appendix.

Book A Pragmatist Philosophy of Life in Ortega Y Gasset

Download or read book A Pragmatist Philosophy of Life in Ortega Y Gasset written by John Thomas Graham and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over ten years in preparation, A Pragmatist Philosophy of Life in Ortega y Gasset reveals how open, adaptable, and inventive was pragmatism as Ortega elaborated its philosophical implications and applications for Spain, Europe, and the Americas. It is based on extensive use of the twelve volumes of Ortega's Obras Completas, the eighty microfilm reels of his archive in the Library of Congress, and his large private library in Madrid.

Book An Introduction to the Politics and Philosophy of Jos   Ortega Y Gasset

Download or read book An Introduction to the Politics and Philosophy of Jos Ortega Y Gasset written by Andrew Dobson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-19 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a general survey of the life and work of the Spanish philosopher and essayist Ortega y Gasset (1183-1955), author of the widely read The Revolt of the Masses. Dr Dobson divides his study into sections devoted to Ortega's political thinking and to his philosophy, rooting these in the context of contemporary Spain and discussing the wider implications of their influence. He examines Ortega's position with regard to the Civil War, his ambivalent espousal of socialism, his emphasis on the importance of the select individual in the modernisation of society and creation of a nació vital; the appropriation of his ideas by Primo de Rivera in the cause of fascism. This book is intended to be accessible to both Hispanists and general readers with an interest in literature, history, intellectual and political thought and philosophy.

Book Three Spanish Philosophers

Download or read book Three Spanish Philosophers written by Jose Ferrater Mora and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2003-04-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the thought of three major philosophers of twentieth-century Spain.

Book Man and Crisis

    Book Details:
  • Author : José Ortega y Gasset
  • Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
  • Release : 1958
  • ISBN : 9780393001211
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Man and Crisis written by José Ortega y Gasset and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1958 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophical interpretation of the dilemma of modern man within the context of history.

Book The Critical Thinking Toolkit

Download or read book The Critical Thinking Toolkit written by Galen A. Foresman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Critical Thinking Toolkit is a comprehensive compendium that equips readers with the essential knowledge and methods for clear, analytical, logical thinking and critique in a range of scholarly contexts and everyday situations. Takes an expansive approach to critical thinking by exploring concepts from other disciplines, including evidence and justification from philosophy, cognitive biases and errors from psychology, race and gender from sociology and political science, and tropes and symbols from rhetoric Follows the proven format of The Philosopher’s Toolkit and The Ethics Toolkit with concise, easily digestible entries, “see also” recommendations that connect topics, and recommended reading lists Allows readers to apply new critical thinking and reasoning skills with exercises and real life examples at the end of each chapter Written in an accessible way, it leads readers through terrain too often cluttered with jargon Ideal for beginning to advanced students, as well as general readers, looking for a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to critical thinking

Book History as a System

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  • Author : José Ortega y Gasset
  • Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
  • Release : 1961
  • ISBN : 9780393001228
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book History as a System written by José Ortega y Gasset and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1961 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Senor Ortega y Gasset has contributed a thoughtful and a careful analysis of our present situation. If he is correct, then nationalism and liberalism as we have known them in the past are doomed. A new and perhaps a better order and conditioning of life are on the way. This book attempts to justify historically the coming of great change--the same great change that was prophesied by William Morris in England, more than half a century ago." --The New York Times

Book Siris

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  • Author : George Berkeley
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1744
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book Siris written by George Berkeley and published by . This book was released on 1744 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Meditations on Hunting

Download or read book Meditations on Hunting written by José Ortega y Gasset and published by Wilderness Adventures Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the classic treatise on hunting, written by Spain's leading philosopher of the 20th century. Reprinted with permission from Scribner, this edition features handsome new illustrations. The author explains the reason why humans hunt, as well as the ethics of hunting.

Book Wittgenstein and Quine

Download or read book Wittgenstein and Quine written by Robert Arrington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique study brings together for the first time two of the most important philosophers of this century. Never before have these two thinkers been compared - and commentators' opinions on their relationship differ greatly. Are the views of Wittgenstein and Quine on method and the nature of philosophy comparable or radically opposed? Does Wittgenstein's concept of language engender that of Quine, or threaten its philosophical foundations? An understanding of the similarities and differences between the thought of Wittgenstein and of Quine is essential if we are to have a full picture of contemporary philosophy. This collection of essays offers diverse and original ways in which to view their relationship.