Berkeley

Preface x

Acknowledgments xiii

Abbreviations xiv

1 Berkeleyâs Life and Work 1

1685â"1713 2

1713â"1734 4

1734â"1753 7

2 An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision 13

Distance Cannot Be Seen of Itself and Immediately 16

We Donât See Distance by Anything Necessarily Connected with It 16

Distance Is Only Suggested to Our Thoughts by Certain Visible Ideas and Sensations Attending Vision 18

What We Learn from the Man Born Blind 18

Heterogeneity, Visible Ideas, and Tangible Meanings 19

Size Perception and the âPictureâ Picture 21

Situation Perception and the âPictureâ Picture 25

âThe Main Part and Pillarâ 27

Vision Is a Language 29

3 Principles of Human Knowledge: The Introduction 33

Berkeleyâs Outline of His Project (PHK Introd. 1â"5) 34

Abstract Ideas (PHK Introd. 6â"17) 35

The Abuse of Language (PHK Introd. 18â"25) 43

4 Principles of Human Knowledge: Berkeleyâs Summary Statement of his Position (PHK 1â"33) 46

PHK 1â"7: The Statement of Idealism 47

PHK 8â"25: The Refutation of Materialism 54

PHK 25â"33: Minds and Ideas: Berkeleyâs Positive Argument 59

5 Principles of Human Knowledge: Berkeleyâs Replies to Objections (PHK 34â"84) 67

First Objection (PHK 34â"40) 68

Second Objection (PHK 41) 69

Third Objection (PHK 42â"44) 69

Fourth Objection (PHK 45â"48) 71

Fifth Objection (PHK 49) 73

Sixth Objection (PHK 50) 74

Seventh Objection (PHK 51â"53) 75

Eighth Objection (PHK 54â"57)⁸ 75

Tenth Objection (PHK 58â"59) 77

Eleventh Objection (PHK 60â"66) 79

Twelfth Objection (PHK 67â"81) 82

Objections from Religion (PHK 82â"84) 82

Conclusions 83

6 Principles of Human Knowledge: The Consequences of the Principles (PHK 85â"156) 86

General Consequences for Knowledge of Ideas (PHK 86â"100) 87

The Consequences for Knowledge of Natural Philosophy (PHK 101â"134) 91

Newton on Absolute Space and Motion (PHK 110â"117) 94

Consequences for Our Knowledge of Mathematics (PHK 118â"134) 100

Consequences for Knowledge of Spirits (PHK 135â"156) 106

Consequences for Knowledge of God (PHK 145â"156) 108

7 Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous: The Preface and First Dialogue, 1 171â"194 114

The Preface 114

First Dialogue, 171â"194 116

Initial Scene Setting 116

Sensible Things 117

What Is Immediately Perceived 118

âTo Exist Is One Thing, and to Be Perceived Is Anotherâ 122

Heat 123

Further Sensible Qualities 126

Colors 127

The Very Same Arguments 129

Summing Up 131

8 Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous: First Dialogue, 2 195â"207 135

The Actâ"Object Distinction 136

Modes, Qualities, and Substratum 137

The Unconceived Tree (The Master Argument) 138

âWithout the Mindâ and âAt a Distanceâ 139

Two Kinds of Objects 140

The Relationship between the Principles and Three Dialogues 144

9 Three dialogues between Hylas and Philonous: The Second Dialogue 147

A Psychophysical Cause of Ideas 147

The Real Beauties of Nature 148

Ideas Caused by God 150

Matter (and God) as the Cause of Our Ideas 152

What Has Been Achieved in the Second Dialogue 155

10 Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous: The Third Dialogue 157

What Philonous Believes 159

An Annihilation Objection 161

Knowledge of Immaterial Substance 162

The Gardener and His Cherry Tree 165

Real Things and Imaginary Things 167

Things and Ideas 167

Spirits as Causes 168

Divine Causation and Human Agency 168

Substance and Spiritual Substance 171

Trusting the Senses 172

Further on Substance and Spirits 173

God and Pain 174

Matter and Gravity 175

Explaining the Phenomena 176

Believing in Matter 177

Introducing Novelties 177

Changing Ideas into Things 178

Perceiving the Same Thing and Perceiving Cherries 182

Existence in the Mind 184

The Creation Story 185

Philonousâs Defense of His Theory 188

Final Thoughts 191

11 Taking Stock: Berkeleyâs Three Books 199

Index 208