WORKS and BOOKS
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In 1710, he published ‘A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge’. In this book he attempted to refute claims about the nature of human perception as made by John Locke.
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His next book, ‘Passive Obedience’ which dealt with issues of moral and political philosophy was out in 1712.
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He earned his doctorate in divinity in 1721 by taking Holy Orders in the Church of Ireland, and lectured in Divinity and Hebrew at Trinity College Dublin. Later that year, he was made the Dean of Dromore and in 1724, the Dean of Derry.
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‘Alciphron’ was a philosophical dialogue published in 1732 which is presented in the form of dialogue between four characters, who depict the free-thinkers Alciphron, Lysicles, Euphranor and Crito.
OTHER WORKS
His works support his tesis and statment about immaterialism and contrast materialist thinking:
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​His first major work was ‘Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous’ (1713) that discussed the concepts of perceptual relativity, conceivability and phenomenalism. In the book, his metaphysical views are expressed in the form of a dialogue between two characters, Hylas and Philonous.
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He started publishing his works while at Trinity College. His first work on philosophy, ‘An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision’ was published in 1709. He discussed topics like visual distance, magnitude, issues of sight and touch, etc. in the book which created controversy at that time.
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His essay on the nature of motion, titled ‘De Motu’ (1721) rejects many of Sir Isaac Newton’s notions of space, time and motion. He argued that motion should not be considered as an abstraction separate from time and space.
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In 1710, he published ‘A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge’. In this book he attempted to refute claims about the nature of human perception as made by John Locke.
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His book ‘Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water’ (1744) was among the last of his major works. He discussed the various medicinal uses of tar water, and commented on a variety of seemingly unrelated topics such as science, philosophy and theology.
IMPORTANT WORKS
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