Index

 

 

 

 

 

“Absolute space,” 5

Addison, Joseph, 4

Alciphron (1732), 5

Arcesilaus of Pitane, 146n

Archetypes, 41, 45

See also Matter

Aristotle, 17, 145n

Assimilation Strategy, 32

Atheism, 1, 18–22, 98 and materialism, 21–22, 27

Atomic theory, 15, 29, 47n

Ayer, A.J., 46

 

Bayle, Pierre, 7, 9–10

Dictionnaire historique et critique (1697), 9

Berkeley, Anne (Forster), 5

Berkeley, George

biographical information, 4–5

early influences, 5–10

and philanthropy, 4–5

and philosophy, 1

and pragmatism, 46

Berkeley, William, 52n

Boyle, Robert, 15–16, 29

Origin of Forms and Qualities (1666), 15

Bundle theory, 23–25, 44

and the human soul, 26, 117, 144n

 

Causal-representative theory of perception, 12

Christianity, 5, 10, 27

Conflicting Appearances Strategy.

See Relativity Strategy

Continuity Argument, 27–28, 35–36, 46

See also God; Soul

Copernicus, Nicolaus, 121, 145n

Cosmological Argument, 28–29, 36

See also God

 

Democritus, 13

Descartes, René, 1–2, 7–8

and materialism, 11, 15–17

Meditations on First Philosophy (1641), 8, 144n

Dualism, 11, 47n

 

Einstein, Albert, 31

An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision (1709), 5, 55, 86

Eudoxus, 145n

First Dialogue (synopsis), 31–35

Forster, Anne. See Berkeley, Anne

Fraser, A.C., 45

 

Geometry, 141, 145n

God, 5, 7–9

existence of, 10, 22, 27–29, 35–36, 97–98

as “Great Clockmaker,” 29

and the human soul, 27

and nature of matter, 36–37, 99–100

 

Hobbes, Thomas, 11, 98, 110n

Hume, David, 9, 40, 43–44

An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748), 43–44

A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40), 43

Hylas, 4, 6, 11

 

Idealism, 3, 23, 25–27

theistic, 27–28

See also Immaterialism

Ideas, 24, 34, 41

vs. material objects, 20

Immaterialism, 2, 5–6, 10, 22–31

advantages of, 42

and illusions, 40–41

objections to, 39–42

and role of God, 29

and science, 30–31

vs. skepticism, 37–39

See also Materialism

Immorality, 1

Inseparability Strategy, 33

Instrumentalism, scientific, 30

 

James, William, 46

Johnson, Samuel, 25, 42, 44–45

Elementa Philosophica (1752), 45

 

Kant, Immanuel, 43–44

Critique of Pure Reason (1781), 44

Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics (1783), 44

Knox, Ronald, 28

 

de Laplace, Pierre Simon, 22

Leibnitz, G.W., 7

Likeness Argument, 34

“Likeness Principle,” 20

Locke, John, 1–2, 7–9, 43

Essay concerning Human Understanding (1690), 7, 11–12, 22, 144n

and materialism, 11–12, 15–17, 24

and science, 29–30

Logical positivism. See Positivism

Luce, A.A., 7

 

Mach, Ernst, 31

Malebranche, Nicolas, 7–9, 36–37, 43, 99, 110n

De la recherché de la vérité (1674-75), 8

Master Argument, 34, 47n

Materialism, 1–2, 11–22

and atheism, 21–22

criticisms of, 20–21

defined, 15, 32

intention, 29

refutation of, 10

scientific, 3, 7, 17–18, 21

and skepticism, 18–19

See also Immaterialism

Matter, 6, 8–10, 36–38

and materialism, 13–14

and pragmatism, 46

See also Materialism

Maxwell, James Clerk, 31

Mechanical philosophy, 21

Mill, John Stuart, 45–46

Molyneaux, William, 92n

Monism, 11

de Montaigne, Michel, 9

De Motu (1721), 4

 

Natural philosophy. See Science

Newton, Isaac, 21–22, 29, 145n

Nominalism, 77, 92n

Norris, John, 45

 

Occasionalism, 8–9, 37

 

Parity Objection, 40, 116, 144n

Peirce, Charles Sanders, 46

Perception, 3, 5, 8, 12, 35

causal-representative theory, 12

See also Immaterialism

Phenomenalism, 45–46

Philonous, 4, 6

Physical world. See Materialism

Physics, 145

particle, 31, 124

Plato, 6, 27, 145n–146n

Platonism. See Realism

Pleasure/Pain Strategy, 32

Pope, Alexander, 4

Positivism, logical, 46

Pragmatism, 46

“Pseudo-problems,” 2

“Pure extension,” 5

Pyrrho of Elis, 9

 

Qualities, 16–17, 25, 73

 

primary, 13–15, 32–33

secondary, 14–15, 32–33

 

Ramsay, Michael, 43

Realism, 11, 92n

indirect/representational, 12, 19

scientific, 29

Reality (nature of), 2, 36

ordinary person’s conception, 23

See also Materialism

Reid, Thomas, 43

Relativity Strategy, 32–33

Resemblance relationship, 19

Ryle, Gilbert, 20

 

Scholasticism, 77, 92n

Science, 29–31

Scientific instrumentalism. See Instrumentalism

Scientific realism. See Realism

Scientific worldview. See Worldview

Second Dialogue (synopsis), 35–38

Senses, 3, 19

Skepticism, 1, 9, 18–22, 35, 38

defined, 31, 59

and materialism, 18–19

Solipsism, 42

Soul (human)

existence of, 26

immortality of, 10, 27

de Spinoza, Benedict, 7, 98, 110n

Steele, Richard, 4

Substance theory, 16, 23, 26, 33

spiritual. See Soul

Swift, Jonathan, 4, 25, 42, 52n

 

Theaetetus, 145n

Theism, 22

Index 149

The Theory of Vision (1733), 86

Third Dialogue (synopsis), 38–42

“Third nature.” See Matter

Three Dialogues (1713), 6

editions of, 50

influence of, 45–47

intention, 29, 53–55

introduction, 52

language and meaning, 46–47

layout, 10–31

preface, 53–55

reception, 42–45

subtitle, 10, 18, 51

synopsis, 31–42

A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710), 5–6, 26, 38, 42–43, 54–55

 

Vanini, Giulio Cesare, 98, 110n

Verificationism, 46

 

Whitehall, 5

Worldview, scientific, 3, 11–18

 

Yale College, 5

 

Zeno the Eleatic, 9