Cover -- BERKELEY'S THOUGHT -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Scope and Method -- 2 The Importance of Abstraction -- 3 Abstract Ideas -- 4 Existence, Abstraction, and Heterogeneity -- 5 The Esse Is Percipi Principle -- 6 Perception -- 7 Commonsense Realism -- 8 Common Sense -- 9 Scepticism -- Bibliography and Cited Works -- Index.
In 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.