George Berkeley

George Berkeley
Full name	George Berkeley
Era	18th century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Idealism, Empiricism
Main interests	Metaphysics, Epistemology, Language, Mathematics, Perception
Notable ideas	Subjective Idealism, The Master Argument
Influenced by John Locke, Isaac Newton
Influenced David Hume, Edmund Burke, Immanuel Kant, Arthur Schopenhauer, A.J. Ayer

George Berkeley (pronounced /ˈbɑrkli/) (12 March 1685 – 14 January 1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, was a philosopher. His main philosophical achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism" (later referred to as "subjective idealism" by others). He said that we know the sensations and we can think of an object, but we can not be sure that this object actually exists.

Life

Berkeley was born at his family home, Dysart Castle, near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He was educated at Kilkenny College and attended Trinity College, Dublin, completing a Master's degree in 1707.

Bibliography

• Philosophical Commentaries (1707–08, notebooks)
• An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision (1709)
• A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Part I (1710)
• Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous (1713)
• De Motu (1721)
• Alciphron: or the Minute Philosopher (1732)
• The Theory of Vision or Visual Language … Vindicated and Explained (1733)
• The Analyst (1734)
• The Querist (1735–37)
• Siris (1744)

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