On one hand, Berkeley preserved in his earlier writings, at least, a large portion of the empirical theory of knowledge; and, on the other hand, there gradually emerged in his later writings a ...

George Berkeley occupies a place in philosophy above ... the doctrine that only minds and mental states exist. The theory was criticised in its day by, among others, Samuel Johnson, who was ...

Pitcher's scholarship focused on issues of contemporary philosophy, including theory of knowledge and philosophy of mind. He was an expert on early 20th-century Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig ...

George Berkeley is one of the greatest philosophers of the early ... and was publishing from his early twenties, when he developed the theory that would come to define him in the public imagination: ...

The "New Theory of Vision" never presented serious textual difficulties ; but Fraser did not distinguish properly the alterations made by Berkeley in his life-time and does not appear to have used ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosopher George Berkeley, one of the most significant thinkers of the 18th century. Show more Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of George ...

No one disputes that George Berkeley was among Ireland’s greatest thinkers, but he was also an unapologetic slaver. Now, Trinity College Dublin is taking his name off one of its buildings.

DUBLIN, April 26 (Reuters) - Ireland's oldest university, Trinity College Dublin, has announced it will remove the name of philosopher George Berkeley from one of its main libraries over his ...