George Berkeley: References & Edit History

The standard biography of Berkeley is A.A. Luce, The Life of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne (1992, originally published 1949). Other treatments of his life are provided in David Berman, George Berkeley: Idealism and the Man (1994); and Edwin S. Gaustad, George Berkeley in America (1979).

The definitive edition of the philosopher’s writings is A.A. Luce and T.E. Jessop (eds.), The Works of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, 9 vol. (1948–57, reprinted in 3 vol., 1979). An informative bibliography is provided in T.E. Jessop and A.A. Luce, A Bibliography of George Berkeley: With Inventory of Berkeley’s Manuscript Remains by A.A. Luce, 2nd rev. ed. (1973).

Broad analyses of Berkeley’s philosophy include Kenneth P. Winkler, Berkeley: An Interpretation (1989); Jonathan Dancy, Berkeley: An Introduction (1987); George Pitcher, Berkeley (1977, reprinted 1984); A.A. Luce, Berkeley and Malebranche: A Study in the Origins of Berkeley’s Thought (1934, reprinted 1988); and G.A. Johnston, The Development of Berkeley’s Philosophy (1923, reprinted 1988).

Essays on various aspects of Berkeley’s philosophy are collected in Kenneth Winkler (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Berkeley (2005); and John Foster and Howard Robinson (eds.), Essays on Berkeley: A Tercentennial Celebration (1985).

Special studies focusing on particular theories and arguments include Douglas Michael Jesseph, Berkeley’s Philosophy of Mathematics (1993); R.G. Muehlmann, Berkeley’s Ontology (1992); Margaret Atherton, Berkeley’s Revolution in Vision (1990); Stephen R.L. Clark (ed.), Money, Obedience, and Affection: Essays on Berkeley’s Moral and Political Thought (1989); Willis Doney, Berkeley on Abstraction and Abstract Ideas (1989); A.C. Grayling, Berkeley: The Central Arguments (1986); and I.C. Tipton, Berkeley: The Philosophy of Immaterialism (1974, reprinted 1994).