Background
Berman, David was born on November 20, 1942 in New York City. Arrived in Ireland, 1966. Son of Seymour and Marion Berman.
( Probably no doctrine has excited as much horror and abu...)
Probably no doctrine has excited as much horror and abuse as atheism. This first history of British atheism, first published in 1987, tries to explain this reaction while exhibiting the development of atheism from Hobbes to Russell. Although avowed atheism appeared surprisingly late – 1782 in Britain – there were covert atheists in the middle seventeenth century. By tracing its development from so early a date, Dr Berman gives an account of an important and fascinating strand of intellectual history.
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(Unlike nearly all studies of Berkeley, this book looks at...)
Unlike nearly all studies of Berkeley, this book looks at the full range of his work and links it with his life--focusing in particular on his religious thought. While aiming to present a clear picture of his career, Berman breaks new ground on, among other topics, Berkeley's philosophical strategy, his account of immortality, his Jacobitism, his emotive theory of religious mysteries, and the motivation of his Siris (1744). Also distinctive is the attention paid to the Irish context of his thought, his symbolic frontispieces and portraits, and recent discoveries concerning his life and writings.
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(This contribution traces the development of atheism in Br...)
This contribution traces the development of atheism in Britain. The author ranges over three centuries of thought, providing biographies of philosophers and politicians who believed in atheism and describing the general shift from atheism to religious belief.
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Berman, David was born on November 20, 1942 in New York City. Arrived in Ireland, 1966. Son of Seymour and Marion Berman.
Bachelor, New School for Social Research, New York City, 1965. Master of Arts, University Denver, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin, 1972.
Diploma in Psychoanalytic Therapy, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, 1992.
Lecturer Trinity College Dublin, 1968—1997, associate professor, since 1997. Head department Philosophy Rinity College Dublin, 1997—2002.
(Unlike nearly all studies of Berkeley, this book looks at...)
( Probably no doctrine has excited as much horror and abu...)
(This contribution traces the development of atheism in Br...)
Married Jill Aileen Mitchell, December 25, 1970 (divorced 2001). Married Patricia O'Riordan, November 19, 2002.