Samuel C. Rickless presents a novel interpretation of the thought of George Berkeley. In A
Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) and Three Dialogues …

In the first ever book-length treatment of David Hume's philosophy of action, Constantine
Sandis brings together seemingly disparate aspects of Hume's work to present an …

I aim to draw the reader's attention to an easily overlooked account of perception, namely
that there are no perceptual experiences, that to perceive something is to stand in an …

Embodiment is a fact of human existence which philosophers should not ignore. They may
differ to a great extent in what they have to say about our bodies, but they have to take into …

This is the first volume of essays devoted to Berkeley's Three Dialogues between Hylas and
Philonous, a classic of early modern philosophy. Leading experts examine all the central …

Arthur Collier (1680–1732) was a Wiltshire clergyman educated at Oxford. He was Rector of
a parish neighbouring that of John Norris, the English Malebranchian, and was himself …

In this chapter I characterise exactly what kind of cause Spinoza's conatus is. I do this in two
steps. First, I ask and answer the following question:'What philosophical problem could …

In this paper, I raise and analyze two rarely discussed stories about the development of
idealism in early modernity. I seek to show that Arthur Collier reaches the conclusion that the …

Collier was a contemporary of Berkeley's who also defended a form of immaterialism. This
chapter begins with some historical background about Collier's writings and their reception …

Malebranche famously subscribes to the doctrine of occasionalism, according to which God
is the only genuinely causally active being. This chapter introduces the basic building blocks …