George Berkeley: Religion and Science in the Age of Enlightenment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Parigi, Silvia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives internationales d'histoire des idées, 201
• Subjects: Philosophy.; History.; Modern philosophy.; Religion > Philosophy.; Philosophy and science.; Modern Philosophy.; History of Science.; History of Philosophy.; Philosophy of Religion.; Philosophy of Science.

George Berkeley was considered "the most engaging and useful man in Ireland in the eighteenth century". This hyperbolic statement refers both to Berkeley’s life and thought; in fact, he always considered himself a pioneer called to think and do new things. He was an empiricist well versed...