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George Berkeley | |
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| Bishop of Cloyne | |
Portrait by John Smibert, c. 1730 | |
| Church | Church of Ireland |
| Diocese | Cloyne |
| In office | 1734–1753 |
| Predecessor | Edward Synge |
| Successor | James Stopford |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1709 (as deacon) 1710 (as priest) |
| Consecration | 18 January 1734 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Berkeley 12 March 1685 |
| Died | 14 January 1753 (aged 67) Oxford, England |
| Buried | Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse |
Anne Forster (m. 1728) |
| Children | 6 |
| Occupations |
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| Known for | Being the founder of subjective idealism, and a leading empiricist |
| Education | |
| Education |
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| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 18th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Subjective idealism (phenomenalism) Empiricism Foundationalism Conceptualism Indirect realism |
| Institutions | Trinity College Dublin |
| Main interests | Christianity, metaphysics, epistemology, language, mathematics, perception |
| Notable works | An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision (1709) A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (1713) De Motu (1721) Alciphron (1732) The Analyst (1734) |
| Notable ideas | Subjective idealism (esse est percipi), master argument, passive obedience |
| Website | The International Berkeley Society |
| Signature | |
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