George Berkeley

1685 - 1753

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George Berkeley was an Irish bishop and philosopher whose best known contribution to mathematics is his attack on the logical foundation of the calculus as developed by Newton.
Full MacTutor biography [Version for printing]
List of References (36 books/articles)

Some Quotations (7)

Mathematicians born in the same country

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Additional Material in MacTutor

  1. Whiston's comments on Berkeley's Treatise

Other Web sites
  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. NNDB
  3. International Berkeley Society
  4. David R Wilkins
  5. Columbia University (Texts by Berkeley)
  1. Kevin Brown
  2. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  3. Berkeley home page
  4. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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