Georges Dicker is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Philosophic Exchange at The College at Brockport, State University of New York. He is the author of Dewey's Theory of Knowing, Perceptual Knowledge: An Analytical and Historical Study, Descartes: An Analytical and Historical Introduction, Hume's Epistemology and Metaphysics: An Introduction, Kant's Theory of Knowledge: An Analytical Introduction, and of numerous journal articles.

• Introduction Part I: Some Themes of Mainstream Modern Philosophy, with Particular Attention to Locke 1. The Theory of Primary and Secondary Qualities 2. The Representational Theory of Perception and the Problem of Perception 3. Locke's Defense of the Senses Part II: Berkeley's Direct Arguments for Idealism 4. Berkeley's Case for Idealism in Principles I, Sections 1-7 5. Direct Arguments for Idealism in the First Dialogue between Hylas and Philonous 6. The Argument from the Ego-Centric Predicament Notes Part III: Berkeley's Indirect Arguments for Idealism 7. The Likeness Principle 8. Berkeley's Attack on the Theory of Primary and Secondary Qualities 9. Substance/Substratum 10. The Epistemological Argument Part IV: Berkeley's Positive Metaphysics 11. Mind 12. God, nature, agency, and causation in perception 13. Continuity 14. Intersubjectivity Notes Bibliography: works cited

Berkeley's Idealism: A Critical Examination is a thorough, penetrating, and philosophically rich critique of Berkeley's idealism. Dicker patiently analyzes Berkeley's arguments for the idealistic thesis and uncovers the sophisms and false premises that they rely on. He also astutely examines the metaphysics of mind and physical objects that grew out of Berkeley's idealism. Berkeley's Idealism deserves a place on every Berkeley scholar's bookshelf alongside Jonathan Bennett's Central Themes and Learning from Six Philosophers, Kenneth Winkler's Berkeley: An Interpretation, and George Pappas' Berkeley's Thought.