{"product_id":"berkeleys-metaphysics-robert-muehlmann-9780271026565","title":"Berkeley's Metaphysics: Structural, Interpretive, and Critical Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of fourteen interpretative essays on the philosophy of George Berkeley (1685-1753) focuses specifically on Berkeley's theory of the nature and variety of existing things. The collection is notable for containing the first four winners of the Turbayne International Berkeley Essay Prize (only the first of which has been previously published).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe seven essays in the first part, entitled \"Idealism,\" attempt to illuminate Berkeley's notorious thesis that to be is to be perceived, that the \u003ci\u003eesse\u003c\/i\u003e of sensible things (trees, mountains, rivers, etc.) is \u003ci\u003epercipi.\u003c\/i\u003e Most of the essays in this first part are either direct or indirect responses to an influential interpretation of Berkeley's idealism advanced thirty years ago by Edwin B. Allaire. The second part, \"Volition, Action, and Causation,\" contains four essays focusing on Berkeley's volitionism, on his thesis that only the activities of minds (volitions) are causally efficacious. \"Vision and the Perceptual Objects,\" the third part of the volume, deals with Berkeley's theory of vision and his doctrine that all of the objects of perception depend on God's will for their existence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Muehlmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271026561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271026565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Robert Muehlmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443327873279,"sku":"9780271026565","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ae727bf3-f21c-4839-ad08-3b6deb9f107d.jpg?v=1777204770","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/berkeleys-metaphysics-robert-muehlmann-9780271026565","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}