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Berkeley, George

Berkeley, George, 1685-1753, Anglo-Irish philosopher and clergyman; b. Ireland. Going beyond the teachings of John Locke, Berkeley's subjective idealism holds that there is no existence of matter independent of perception; the observing mind of God makes possible the continued apparent existence of material objects. Among his more important works are his Essay towards a New Theory of Vision (1709), A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) (.txt-only version), and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous (1713).

From the Concise Columbia Encyclopedia. Copyright © 1991 by Columbia University Press.

Works on ILTweb

Berkeley, George. A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (.txt-only version, HTML to come) (1710).

On gopher.vt.edu (Virginia Tech)

Berkeley, George. A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. (.txt-only.)