George Berkeley
Irish idealist philosopher and Anglican bishop (1685–1753)
George Berkeley was born on March 12, 2000 in Dysart Castle and died on January 14, 1753 in Oxford. Recorded occupations: philosopher, Anglican priest, writer, epistemologist, philosopher of science and metaphysician. Country of citizenship: Kingdom of Ireland. Positions held include Dean of Derry, Dean of Dromore and Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne. Associated movements: empiricism and immaterialism. Fields of work: philosophy, theology, education and epistemology. Notable works include “De Motu”, “An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision”, “A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge”, “Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous”, “The Theory of Vision, or Visual Language” and “The Analyst”. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Kilkenny College.
- Born
- March 12, 2000 · Dysart Castle
- Died
- January 14, 1753 · Oxford
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Ireland
- Occupations
- philosopher, Anglican priest, writer, epistemologist, philosopher of science, metaphysician
- Positions held
- Dean of Derry, Dean of Dromore, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne
- Movements
- empiricism, immaterialism
- Notable works
- De Motu, An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, The Theory of Vision, or Visual Language, The Analyst
- Education
- Trinity College, Dublin, Kilkenny College
- Wikipedia editions
- 88 languages
- Signature licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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