ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1987, offers a reconstruction of Berkeley’s doctrine on notions by examining the implications of his repeated suggestion that there is a close relationship between his doctrine and his semantic theory. The study ties in with some of the most important topics in modern analytic philosophy, and casts important light on modern philosophical concerns as well as on Berkeley’s thought.

chapter |13 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|41 pages

Abstraction

chapter 2|40 pages

Possibility And Impossibility

chapter 3|39 pages

Berkeley’s Theory Of Meaning

chapter 4|40 pages

The Epistemic Intent Of Berkeleian Notions

chapter 5|39 pages

The Nature Of Notions

chapter 6|9 pages

Conclusions And Historical Speculations