{"product_id":"berkeleys-common-sense-and-science-9781433128073","title":"Berkeleys Common Sense and Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe topic of George Berkeley and common sense is challenging: Berkeley claims that matter does not exist and at the same time he writes a whole book (\u003ci\u003eThree Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous\u003c\/i\u003e) on how his system agrees with common sense. However, once we understand why he felt so confident that his immaterialism is not an affront to the plain man, we will get a better insight into the metaphysical system itself. The solution involves a more prominent role for science in immaterialism, which justifies the more revisionist aspects of the overall metaphysics, together with a new role of common sense in philosophy. \u003cbr\u003e Berkeley was a successful scientist in his own right; his \u003ci\u003eTheory of Vision\u003c\/i\u003e defined the topic of psychology of vision for the next two centuries. His metaphysics grows naturally out of his science, the crucial term idea being a psychological entity anchored in his theory of vision. At the same time, immaterialism is friendlier to the plain man in not redefinin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Berkeley’s Optics – Berkeley’s Common Sense – The Hidden Metaphor – Explicit and Implicit Common Sense – Modern Analogies of Implicit Common Sense – Epistemology in the Middle of the Twentieth Century – Idea and Thing – Continuity of Unperceived Objects – Continuity and God – How Does Berkeley Prove God Then?","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039577637207,"sku":"9781433128073","price":60.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/berkeleys-common-sense-and-science-9781433128073","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}