Berkeley's Philosophy of Spirit: Consciousness, Ontology and the Elusive Subject

by Talia Mae Bettcher

This book tackles some of the deepest problems in Berkeley's philosophy by providing a fresh interpretation of Berkeley's core ontological doctrines and their relationship to his views about self-consciousness. Berkeley, the author argues, is led to adopt a new model of self-consciousness because he rejects the basic metaphysics of many of his predecessors.

This new model of self-consciousness provides the foundation for Berkeley's own ontological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826486436
• ISBN13: 9780826486431
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"