Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous

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Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous is a philosophical work by George Berkeley that presents his arguments for immaterialism and critiques of skepticism through a conversational dialogue format.

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instanceOf dialogue ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
addressesTopic existence of external objects ⓘ
nature of perception ⓘ
relation between mind and world ⓘ
aimsTo dispel skeptical doubts ⓘ
make immaterialism plausible ⓘ
author George Berkeley ⓘ
centralDoctrine esse est percipi ⓘ
character Hylas ⓘ
Philonous ⓘ
characterRoleOfHylas materialist interlocutor ⓘ
skeptic ⓘ
characterRoleOfPhilonous defender of immaterialism ⓘ
spokesman for Berkeley’s views ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
critiques material substance ⓘ
philosophical skepticism ⓘ
representative theory of perception ⓘ
defends direct realism about perception ⓘ
existence of minds and ideas only ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1713 ⓘ
genre philosophy ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalMethod dialectical argument ⓘ
historicalContext early modern philosophy ⓘ
influenced later idealist philosophy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm dialogue ⓘ
mainTheme critique of skepticism ⓘ
immaterialism ⓘ
narrativeMode conversational dialogue ⓘ
numberOfDialogues 3 ⓘ
philosophicalDomain epistemology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophicalInfluenceOnWork John Locke ⓘ
early modern empiricism ⓘ
philosophicalPositionDefended idealism ⓘ
philosophicalSchool empiricism ⓘ
philosophicalStanceOfHylas defender of common materialist views ⓘ
philosophicalStanceOfPhilonous critic of materialism ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
relatedWorkBySameAuthor A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge ⓘ
respondsTo Lockean representationalism ⓘ
setting outdoor conversation ⓘ
workStructure three successive conversations ⓘ

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George Berkeley → notableWork → Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous ⓘ
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge → relatedWorkBySameAuthor → Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous ⓘ
An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision → relatedWork → Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous ⓘ
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher → relatedWorkByAuthor → Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous ⓘ
Siris → relatedWorkByAuthor → Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous ⓘ
Hylas → appearsIn → Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous ⓘ
Hylas → firstPublicationContext → Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous (1713) ⓘ
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Philonous → appearsIn → Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous ⓘ
Philonous → workPublicationYear → 1713 (Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous) ⓘ
linked to: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous