Organized by Richard Glauser, the conference was held at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Celebrating the 300thanniversary of the publication of Berkeley’s Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710), the IBS-sponsored event included scholars from Europe, North America, and Japan who, …

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Organized by Bertil Belfrage, Wolfgang Breidert, and Marlene Breidert, the conference was held at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Celebrating the 300thanniversary of the publication of Berkeley’s Essay towards A New Theory of Vision (1709), the IBS-sponsored event included scholars from Europe …

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IBS Session Peter Baumann (Aberdeen University): “Molyneux’s Question and the Berkeleian Answer” Commentator: Robert Schwartz (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee) Keota Fields (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth): “The Role of Predication in Berkeley’s Immaterialism” Commentator: Larry Nolan (California State University–Long Beach)

IBS Session: “Authors Meet Critics: Recent Books on Berkeley” Daniel Flage (James Madison University) on Talia Bettcher’s Berkeley’s Philosophy of Spirit Response: Talia Bettcher (California State University, Los Angeles) Walter Ott (Virginia Tech University) on John Roberts’ A Metaphysics for the Mob: …

28th December 2008, American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Philadelphia, PA Read more »

Organized by Steve Daniel,Maureen Lapan, Nancy Kendrick, Nancy Bredbeck, Joanne Dunlap, and Vince Arnold, the conference was held at the historic Redwood Library and Athenaeum in Newport. Highlights included a presentation by Sean Berkeley (a descendant of George Berkeley) on …

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Held at the University of Edinburgh, coordinated by Georgi Gardiner. Alasdair Richmond (University of Edinburgh), “Into Space with Bishop Berkeley” David Berman (Trinity College Dublin), “From Scepticism to Immaterialism and Descriptive Psychology, Then Back to Siris” Catherine Wilson (City University of New …

7th-8th March 2008, Edinburgh Philosophy Society: “Berkeley’s Ideas and Idealism” Read more »

Held at the University of Edinburgh, coordinated by Georgi Gardiner. Alasdair Richmond (University of Edinburgh), “Into Space with Bishop Berkeley” David Berman (Trinity College Dublin), “From Scepticism to Immaterialism and Descriptive Psychology, Then Back to Siris” Catherine Wilson (City University of New …

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