Add to ORKGBerkeley argues that claims about divine predication (e.g., God is wise or exists) should be understood literally rather than analogically, because like all spirits (i.e., causes), God is intelligible only in terms of the extent of his effects. By focusing on the harmony and order of nature, Berkeley thus unites his view of God with his doctrines of mind, force, grace, and power, and avoids challenges to religious claims that are raised by appeals to analogy. The essay concludes by showing how a letter, supposedly by Berkeley, to Peter Browne ("discovered" in 1969 by Berman and Pittion) is, in fact, by John Jackson (1686-1763), controversial theologian and friend of Samuel Clarke
I argue that Berkeley's distinctive idealism/immaterialism can't support his view that objects of se...
Berkeley's main aim in his well-known early works was to identify and refute "the grounds of Sceptic...
Berkeley, George. A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge. : Wherein the chief cause...
Berkeley argues that claims about divine predication (e.g., God is wise or exists) should be underst...
The doctrine of matter, mind/body interaction, the primary/secondary quality distinction, the doctri...
Berkeley occasionally says that we use analogy in thinking and speaking of God (Alc, §4.21). However...
The doctrine of matter, mind/body interaction, the primary/secondary quality distinction, the doctri...
Berkeley writes in his ThreeDialogues Between Hylas and Philonous that he “acknowledge[s] a twofold ...
Like most of the great early modern philosophers, George Berkeley was not a university professor. He...
For more than 200 years scholars have proceeded on the assumption that there was a controversy (in t...
"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" ...
There is a problem regarding God and perception right at the heart of Berkeley ’s metaphysics. With ...
According to Berkeley, God’s activity explains human sensory perception. Berkeley draws heavily on D...
In Berkeley's philosophy we can see a typical case of how we must try to bring philosophy back to th...
Is not easy to explain how God is known according to Berkeley. However, from his works one may infer...
I argue that Berkeley's distinctive idealism/immaterialism can't support his view that objects of se...
Berkeley's main aim in his well-known early works was to identify and refute "the grounds of Sceptic...
Berkeley, George. A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge. : Wherein the chief cause...
Berkeley argues that claims about divine predication (e.g., God is wise or exists) should be underst...
The doctrine of matter, mind/body interaction, the primary/secondary quality distinction, the doctri...
Berkeley occasionally says that we use analogy in thinking and speaking of God (Alc, §4.21). However...
The doctrine of matter, mind/body interaction, the primary/secondary quality distinction, the doctri...
Berkeley writes in his ThreeDialogues Between Hylas and Philonous that he “acknowledge[s] a twofold ...
Like most of the great early modern philosophers, George Berkeley was not a university professor. He...
For more than 200 years scholars have proceeded on the assumption that there was a controversy (in t...
"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" ...
There is a problem regarding God and perception right at the heart of Berkeley ’s metaphysics. With ...
According to Berkeley, God’s activity explains human sensory perception. Berkeley draws heavily on D...
In Berkeley's philosophy we can see a typical case of how we must try to bring philosophy back to th...
Is not easy to explain how God is known according to Berkeley. However, from his works one may infer...
I argue that Berkeley's distinctive idealism/immaterialism can't support his view that objects of se...
Berkeley's main aim in his well-known early works was to identify and refute "the grounds of Sceptic...
Berkeley, George. A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge. : Wherein the chief cause...