George Berkeley

Portrait of Berkeley by [[John Smybert]], 1727 George Berkeley (; 12 March 168514 January 1753) – known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne of the Anglican Church of Ireland) – was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism" (later referred to as "subjective idealism" by others). This theory denies the existence of material substance and instead contends that familiar objects like tables and chairs are ideas perceived by the mind and, as a result, cannot exist without being perceived. Berkeley is also known for his critique of abstraction, an important premise in his argument for immaterialism.

In 1709, Berkeley published his first major work, ''An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision'', in which he discussed the limitations of human vision and advanced the theory that the proper objects of sight are not material objects, but light and colour. This foreshadowed his chief philosophical work, ''A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge'', in 1710, which, after its poor reception, he rewrote in dialogue form and published under the title ''Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous'' in 1713. In this book, Berkeley's views were represented by Philonous (Greek: "lover of mind"), while Hylas ("hyle", Greek: "matter") embodies the Irish thinker's opponents, in particular John Locke.

Berkeley argued against Isaac Newton's doctrine of absolute space, time and motion in ''De Motu'' (''On Motion''), published 1721. His arguments were a precursor to the views of Ernst Mach and Albert Einstein. In 1732, he published ''Alciphron'', a Christian apologetic against the free-thinkers, and in 1734, he published ''The Analyst'', a critique of the foundations of calculus, which was influential in the development of mathematics.

Interest in Berkeley's work increased after World War II because he tackled many of the issues of paramount interest to philosophy in the 20th century, such as the problems of perception, the difference between primary and secondary qualities, and the importance of language. Provided by Wikipedia
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Ensayo de una nueva teoría de la vision
Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño
by Berkeley, George
Published 1980
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Principios del conocimiento humano
Escuela Superior de Comercio Manuel Belgrano
by Berkeley, George
Published 1968
Book
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Tres dialogos entre hilas y filonus
Escuela Superior de Comercio Manuel Belgrano
by Berkeley, George
Published 1968
Book
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Principios del conocimiento humano
Escuela Superior de Comercio Manuel Belgrano
by Berkeley, George
Published 1985
Book
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Ensayo de una nueva teoria de la vision
Colegio Nacional de Monserrat
by Berkeley, George
Published 1965
Book
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Principios del conocimiento humano
Colegio Nacional de Monserrat
by Berkeley, George
Published 1962
Book
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by Berkeley, George
Published 1978
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by Berkeley, George
Published 1980
Book
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Tres diálogos entre Hilas y Filonús
Filosofía y Humanidades / Psicología
by Berkeley, George, 1685-1753
Published 1952
Book
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Tratado sobre los principios del conocimiento humano
Filosofía y Humanidades / Psicología
by Berkeley, George, 1685-1753
Published 1982
Book
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by Berkeley, George, 1685-1753.
Published 1985
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by Berkeley, George, 1685-1753
Published 1948
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by Berkeley, George, 1685-1753
Published 1956
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by Berkeley, George, 1685-1753
Published 1923
Book
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by Berkeley, George, 1685-1753
Published 1939
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by Berkeley, George, 1685-1753
Published 1957
Book
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Principios del conocimiento humano
Filosofía y Humanidades / Psicología
by Berkeley, George, 1685-1753
Published 1985
Book
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Oeuvres choisies
Filosofía y Humanidades / Psicología
by Berkeley, George, 1685-1753
Published 1944
Book
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Principes, dialogues and philosophical correspondence
Filosofía y Humanidades / Psicología
by Berkeley, George, 1685-1753
Published 1965
Book
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Principios del conocimiento humano
Filosofía y Humanidades / Psicología
by Berkeley, George, 1685-1753
Published 1962
Book
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