Berkeley's Thought: Religion and Reform in the Bishopric of Speyer, 1560-1720

by George Sotiros Pappas

In this highly original account of Bishop George Berkeley's epistemological and metaphysical theories, George S. Pappas seeks to determine precisely what doctrines the philosopher held and what arguments he put forward to support them. Specifically, Pappas overturns accepted opinions about Berkeley's famous attack on the Lockean doctrine of abstract ideas. Berkeley's criticism of these ideas had been thought relevant only to his views on language...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801437008
• ISBN13: 9780801437007
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher