Mary Shepherd's Essays on the Perception of an External Universe

Antonia LoLordo is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. She is the author of Locke's Moral Man (OUP, 2012) and Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2007), as well as numerous papers. She is also the editor of Persons (OUP, 2019) and co-editor of Debates in Early Modern Philosophy with Stewart Duncan (Routledge, 2013).

• AcknowledgmentsShort TitlesNote on the TextIntroductionEssays on the Perception of an External Universe and Other Subjects connected with the Doctrine of CausationPart I-Essay on the Academical or Sceptical PhilosophyPrefaceIntroductory ChapterChapter I. On Continuous ExistenceChapter II. On External ExistenceChapter III. On Independent ExistenceChapter IV. Objection Arising to the Foregoing Doctrines from the Phenomena of Dreams, Further Considered and AnsweredChapter V. On the Nature of Objects when Acting as CausesChapter VI. On the Use of the word Idea in this Treatise, and cursory observations on its nature and proper use in general, &c.Chapter VII. Application of the Doctrine contained in the preceding Essay to the evidence of our belief in several OpinionsChapter VIII. RecapitulationPart II-Short Essays on Several SubjectsEssay I-Consideration of the erroneous reasoning contained in Bishop Berkeley's Principles of Human KnowledgeEssay II-Upon the nature of the five organs of sense, and their manner of action with regard to external perception-against Bishop BerkeleyEssay III-That the external Causes which determine the various perceptions of sense, are not the immediate actions of Deity-against Bishop BerkeleyEssay IV-Upon Mr. Dugald Stewart's, and Dr. Reid's Philosophy, as it regards the union of colour with extension; and the perception of the external primary Qualities of matter-against Mr. D. StewartEssay V-That mathematical demonstration and physical induction are founded upon similar principles of evidence-against Mr. Dugald StewartEssay VI-That sensible qualities cannot be causes-against Mr. HumeEssay VII-That children can perceive the relation of cause and effect, on account of their being capable of a latent comparison of ideas-against Mr. HumeEssay VIII-That human testimony is of sufficient force to establish the credibility of miracles-against Mr. HumeEssay IX-On the objection to final causes as ends on account of the efficiency of means-Lord Bacon's ideas concerning a final cause noticedEssay X-On the Eternity of Mind Essay XI-On the Immateriality of MindEssay XII-On the use of organization in animal existence, especially as it relates to the existence and operation of mental qualitiesEssay XIII-On the association of ideas, and the interaction of mind and bodyEssay XIV-The reason why we see objects single instead of double, and erect instead of inverted-against Dr. Reid"Lady Mary Shepherd's Metaphysics"References