THE BERKELEYAN CONCEPTION OF NATURE

Authors

  • A. Grzelinski Torun, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18372/2412-2157.12.8234

Abstract

The aim of the article is to show various meanings of nature in Berkeleyan philosophy: in his mechanic philosophy, optics, in his understanding of ether and the theory of beauty.

Author Biography

A. Grzelinski, Torun, Poland

Dr. hab. of philosophy, prof.

References

The Works of George Berkeley Bishop of Cloyne, ed. By A. A. Luce and T. E. Jessop, London-Edinburgh-Paris-Melbourne-Toronto-New York 1948-57, 9 vols. A. Luce, Development within Berkeley’s ‘Commonplace Book’, “Mind” 1940, no. 49 (193), pp. 42-51.

D. Park, Complementary Notions, A Critical Study of Berkeley’s Theory of Concepts, The Hague 1972, 195 p.

E. Cassirer, Substancja i funkcja, trans. P. Parszutowicz, Kęty 2008, 336 p.

B. Ellis, The Origin and Nature of Newton’s Laws of Motion, w: Beyond the Edge of Certainty. Essays in Contemporary Science and Philosophy, ed. R. Colodny, New Jersey 1965, pp. 29-65.

Newton, Principia Mathematica, trans. A. Motte, New York 1846, 2 vols.

Newton, The Vegetation of Metals, http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/mss/norm/ALCH00081

Newton, Optics, London 1718, 382 p.

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Published

2015-05-19

How to Cite

Grzelinski, A. (2015). THE BERKELEYAN CONCEPTION OF NATURE. Proceedings of the Kyiv Aviation Institute. Series: Philosophy. Cultural, 12(2), 13–19. https://doi.org/10.18372/2412-2157.12.8234

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2010)

Section

Philosophy

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