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George Berkeley was an Irish philosopher. His philosophical beliefs were centered on one main belief, the belief that perception is the basis for existence. In doing so, he rejected the notion of a material world in favor of an immaterial world.
Berkeley felt that all we really know about an object we learn from our perception ....
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.... in the quad.”
Dear Sir,
I’m always about
in the quad
and that’s why
this tree
will continue to be
since observed by
Yours Faithfully,
God
This limerick demonstrates the devastating problem with this mode of thought and also a possible solution. What, then, happens to an object when no one can perceive it anymore? If no one sees the tree and no one has a sensory experience of it, does it cease to exist? This idea suggests that objects pop in and out of reality when not being perceived by any human perceiver. Berkeley argues from ....
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