LEADER 02920nam 22004575 450 001 9910793147703321 005 20220405011728.0 010 $a1-5017-2931-4 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501729317 035 $a(CKB)4100000006673191 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5774220 035 $a(OCoLC)1132225984 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse71304 035 $a(DE-B1597)515489 035 $a(OCoLC)1100433693 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501729317 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006673191 100 $a20190430d2018 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBerkeley's Thought /$fGeorge S. Pappas 210 1$aIthaca, NY :$cCornell University Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2000 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) 311 0 $a0-8014-3700-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. Scope and Method --$t2. The Importance of Abstraction --$t3. Abstract Ideas --$t4. Existence, Abstraction, and Heterogeneity --$t5. The Esse Is Percipi Principle --$t6. Perception --$t7. Commonsense Realism --$t8. Common Sense --$t9. Scepticism --$tBibliography and Cited Works --$tIndex 330 $aIn 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 and to his nominalism; Pappas persuasively argues that Berkeley's ideas about abstraction are crucial to nearly all of the fundamental principles that he defends.Pappas demonstrates how an adequate appreciation of Berkeley's views on abstraction can lead to an improved understanding of his important principle of esse is percipi, and of the arguments Berkeley proposes in support of this principle. Pappas also takes up Berkeley's widely rejected claim to be a philosopher of common sense. He assesses the validity of this self-description and considers why Berkeley might have chosen to align himself with a commonsense position. Pappas shows how three core concepts-abstraction, perception, and common sense-are central to and interdependent in the work of one of the major figures of early modern Western thought. 606 $aPHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers$2bisacsh 615 7$aPHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers. 676 $a192 700 $aPappas$b George S.$01564462 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793147703321 996 $aBerkeley's Thought$93833530 997 $aUNINA