Berkeley and Irish Philosophy

by David Berman

Book Overview

The first essay in David Berman's new collection examines the full range of Berkeley's achievement, looking not only at his classic works of 1709-1713, but also Alciphron (1732) and his final book, the enigmaic Siris (1744). Item two examines a key problem in Berkeley's New Theory of Vision (1709): why does the moon look larger on the horizon than in the meridian? The third item criticizes the view, still uncritically accepted by many, that Berkeley's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144112635X
• ISBN13: 9781441126351
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"