TY - BOOK AU - Warnock,G.J. TI - Berkeley SN - 0268006709 AV - B1348 .W37 1983 U1 - 192 19 PY - 1983/// CY - Notre Dame, Ind. PB - University of Notre Dame Press KW - Berkeley, George, KW - Philosophers KW - Ireland KW - 18th century KW - Philosophes KW - Irlande KW - 18e si�ecle KW - fast N1 - Reprint. Originally published: Melbourne : Penguin Books, 1953. (Pelican philosophy series) With new introduction; Includes bibliographical references (page 236) and index; Introduction -- The Essay: (I) the proper objects of vision -- The Essay: (II) the proper objects of touch -- Berkeley's account of language -- Berkeley's theory of the material world -- The character of Berkeley's theory -- The immediate perception of ideas -- Ideas and sensations -- Perception and existence -- The idea of existence -- Science and mathematics -- Later years -- Postscript N2 - Berkeley is one of the most influential and yet most misunderstood of eighteenth-century philosophers. In this new, revised edition of his classic introduction, G.J. Warnock examines all Berkeley's major philosophical works and discusses his most original and interesting contributions to questions still debated by philosophers today. The aim of the book is to help the reader learn not so much about Berkeley, but rather, through Berkeley, something about philosophy itself ER -