InhaltsangabeAcknowledgements ix Abbreviations xi Chapter 1: Berkeley's Life and Writings 1 Why Study Berkeley Today? 1 Early Life 3 Bermuda and Rhode Island 7 Bishop of Cloyne 12 On Reading Berkeley 17 Further Reading 21 Chapter 2: Vision 22 The Historical Context: Methods of Inquiry and Theories of Vision 23 Berkeley on Seeing Distance (NTV §§2-51) 26 Perception of Magnitude (NTV §§52-87) 31 Situation and Numerical Heterogeneity (NTV §§88-120) 33 Heterogeneity and the Universal Language of Vision (NTV §§121-158) 36 A Look Back; A Look Ahead 39 Further Reading 41 Chapter 3: Abstraction 42 Historical Context 43 The Principal Arguments 48 Language 53 A Look Back; A Look Ahead 54 Further Reading 55 Chapter 4: The Case for Idealism and Immaterialism in the Principles 56 The Case for Idealism (Sections 1-7) 58 The Attack on Matter (Sections 8-24) 70 Onward to Ordinary Objects (Sections 25-33) 86 A Look Back; A Look Ahead 94 Further Reading 95 Chapter 5: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous 97 Background 98 Dialogue One 99 Dialogue Two 105 Dialogue Three 108 A Look Back; A Look Ahead 112 Further Reading 113 Chapter 6: Minds: Yours, Mine, and God's 114 The Principles 116 Knowing Minds: Dialogue Three 124 Your Mind and God's 131 A Look Back; A Look Ahead 136 Further Reading 136 Chapter 7: Moral Philosophy 137 Moral Theories 138 The Egoistic Notebooks 142 Passive Obedience 147 Alciphron 158 A Look Back; A Look Ahead 162 Further Reading 163 Chapter 8: Economics and the Irish Condition 164 EighteenthCentury Ireland and the South Sea Bubble 164 An Essay towards Preventing of the Ruin of Great Britain 166 The Querist 169 Further Reading 176 Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks 177 Endnotes 182 Bibliography 189 Index 197

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Daniel Flage is Professor of Philosophy at James Madison university.