George Berkeley: Religion and Science in the Age of Enlightenment

Book Overview

Introduction: Berkeley's Philosophy between the Analytics and the Historians: beyond the "Standard Interpretation". Part I: Interpretations of Berkeley's Philosophy. How Berkeley's Works Are Interpreted, S.H. Daniel, Berkeley's Metaphysical Instrumentalism, M.A. Hight; Causation, Fictionalism and Non-Cognitivism: Berkeley and Hume, P.J.E. Kail; Berkeley, The Space of Our Lives, and the Space of Physics, R. Brook. Part II: Neglected Works and Aspects of Berkeley's Thought. Berkeley and His Contemporaries: the Question of Mathematical Formalism, C. Schwartz; Locke, Berkeley and Hume as Philosophers of Money: An Apology and Synopsis, C.G. Caffentzis; Berkeley and Chemistry in the Siris: the Rebuilding of a Non-Existent Theory, L. Peterschmitt; Berkeley and Newton on Gravity in Siris, T. Airaksinen; "Scire per causas" vs. "scire per signa" Berkeley and Scientific Explanation in Siris, S. Parigi. Part III: Towards a Wider Historical Perspective. Berkeley, Theology and Bible Scholarship, D. Bertini; The Distrustful Philosopher: Berkeley between the Devils and the Deep Blue Sea of Faith, D. Berman; Berkeley, Spinoza and Radical Enlightenment, G. Brykman; Was Berkeley a Spinozist? An Historiographical Answer (1718-1751), C. Menichelli; The Animal According to Berkeley, S. Charles

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048192420
• ISBN13: 9789048192427
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"