Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Berkeley and the Principles of Human Knowledge The Principles of Human Knowledge is Berkeley’s most important philosophical work. Along with Locke and Hume, Berkeley is one of the classic British Empiricists of the eighteenth century and focal to the development of empiricist thought. In this Routledge Philosophy GuideBook, Robert offers a thorough commentary and analysis of the text of the Principles of Human Knowledge and guides the reader through the plexities of Berkeley’s thought and its importance today. Berkeley and the Principles of Human Knowledge is essential reading for all students coming to Berkeley for the first time. Robert is Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College. Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks Edited by Tim Crane and Jonathan Wolff University College London Berkeley and the Principles of Human Knowledge Robert Aristotle on Ethics Gerard Hume on Religion David O’Connor Leibniz and the Monadology Anthony Savile The Later Heidegger e Pattison Hegel on History Joseph McCarney Hume on Morality James Baillie Kant and the Critique of Pure Reason Sebastian Gardner Mill on Liberty Jonathan Riley Mill on Utilitarianism Roger Crisp Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations Marie McGinn Plato and the Republic Nickolas Pappas Locke on Government Thomas Locke on Human Understanding Spinoza and the Ethics Genevieve Lloyd Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Berkeley and the Principles of Human Knowledge ■ Robert
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