R J Brook
Biographic Data
| ID | 6743426 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R J Brook |
| GIVEN NAMES | R J |
| FAMILY NAME | Brook |
| SIGNATURE | BROOK R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bloomsburg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1811-663X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mary Shepherd, George Berkeley, and Indirect Realism
Although writing almost a century after George Berkeley, Lady Mary Shepherd engaged with his works on various issues. I focus on Berkeley and Shepherd's conception of, and reaction to, indirect perceptual realism (IR) and note Berkeley and Shepherd's rejection of a familiar form of IR. After a short introduction, I outline Shepherd's version of IR, which, though denying direct sensory access to external objects, gives evidence of what that world …
Berkeley and Proof in Geometry
Berkeley in his Introduction to the Principles of Human knowledge uses geometrical examples to illustrate a way of generating "universal ideas," which allegedly account for the existence of general terms. In doing proofs we might, for example, selectively attend to the triangular shape of a diagram. Presumably what we prove using just that property applies to all triangles.I contend, rather, that given Berkeley's view of extension, no Euclidean t…
Deontology, Paradox, and Moral Evil
Critics of deontology have long noted that its proscriptions seem para doxical since, in contrast with welfare utilitarianism, they forbid some acts that maximize welfare overall. Recently some philosophers have suggested that deontology harbors a special paradox; that thinking cer tain actions morally objectionable—for example, rape—it forbids mini mizing such actions by doing one.1 For example, Samuel Scheffler states the following about a deon…
Berkeley, Bundles, and Immediate Perception
I argue in this article that, contrary to some recent views, Berkeley's bundle theory of physical objects is incompatible with the thinking that we immediately perceive such objects. Those who argue the contrary view rightly stress that immediate perception of ideas or objects must be non-conceptual for Berkeley, that is, the concept of the object cannot be made use of in the perception, otherwise it would be mediate perception. After a brief loo…
On Adding the Good
Berkeley and Proof in Geometry
Berkeley in his Introduction to the Principles of Human knowledge uses geometrical examples to illustrate a way of generating "universal ideas," which allegedly account for the existence of general terms. In doing proofs we might, for example, selectively attend to the triangular shape of a diagram. Presumably what we prove using just that property applies to all triangles.I contend, rather, that given Berkeley's view of extension, no Euclidean t…
On Adding the Good
Berkeley, Bundles, and Immediate Perception
I argue in this article that, contrary to some recent views, Berkeley's bundle theory of physical objects is incompatible with the thinking that we immediately perceive such objects. Those who argue the contrary view rightly stress that immediate perception of ideas or objects must be non-conceptual for Berkeley, that is, the concept of the object cannot be made use of in the perception, otherwise it would be mediate perception. After a brief loo…
Deontology, Paradox, and Moral Evil
Critics of deontology have long noted that its proscriptions seem para doxical since, in contrast with welfare utilitarianism, they forbid some acts that maximize welfare overall. Recently some philosophers have suggested that deontology harbors a special paradox; that thinking cer tain actions morally objectionable—for example, rape—it forbids mini mizing such actions by doing one.1 For example, Samuel Scheffler states the following about a deon…
Berkeley and Proof in Geometry
Berkeley in his Introduction to the Principles of Human knowledge uses geometrical examples to illustrate a way of generating "universal ideas," which allegedly account for the existence of general terms. In doing proofs we might, for example, selectively attend to the triangular shape of a diagram. Presumably what we prove using just that property applies to all triangles.I contend, rather, that given Berkeley's view of extension, no Euclidean t…
Mary Shepherd, George Berkeley, and Indirect Realism
Although writing almost a century after George Berkeley, Lady Mary Shepherd engaged with his works on various issues. I focus on Berkeley and Shepherd's conception of, and reaction to, indirect perceptual realism (IR) and note Berkeley and Shepherd's rejection of a familiar form of IR. After a short introduction, I outline Shepherd's version of IR, which, though denying direct sensory access to external objects, gives evidence of what that world …
Epistemology (3 works) · Historical Philosophy and Science (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Applied philosophy (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (2 works) · Algebra over a field (1 work) · Calculus (dental) (1 work) · Combinatorial proof (1 work) · Combinatorics (1 work)