{"product_id":"a-treatise-concerning-the-principles-of-human-knowledge-a-philosophy-of-how-man-perceives-learns-and-forms-ideas-through-experience-hardcover","title":"A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge: A Philosophy of How Man Perceives, Learns and Forms Ideas Through Experience (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Berkeley's investigation of human epistemology remains one of the most respected of its time - this edition contains the treatise in full, complete with the author's preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Berkeley's most important beliefs was that of immaterialism. The meaning being that nothing material exists unless it is perceived by something or someone. Distinct from solipsism - the belief that only the self exists - Berkeley's view is that material items are ideas formed by distinct conscious minds; the concept of reality being simply the summation of shared ideas rather than physical objects fascinated philosophers of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of Berkeley's philosophy is framed by then-new discoveries in the field of physics. The concepts of color and light thus have a frequent bearing on the overall thesis; disagreeing with Isaac Newton on the subject of space, it was later that Berkeley's contrarian opinions on matters such as calculus and free-thinking gained him further renown.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44294155632801,"sku":"9780359009978","price":47.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/17enjqd4-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1714499231","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/a-treatise-concerning-the-principles-of-human-knowledge-a-philosophy-of-how-man-perceives-learns-and-forms-ideas-through-experience-hardcover","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}