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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
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George Berkeley's "A Treatise on the Principles of Human Knowledge" advances the idea that the reality we perceive is merely a thought in God's mind.
"According to the 'esse is percipi' thesis, all the things surrounding us are nothing but our ideas. Sensible things have no other existence distinct from their being perceived by us. This also applies to human bodies. When we see our bodies or move our limbs, we perceive only certain sensations in our consciousness.
When identifying the sensuously perceived world with ideas of the knowing subject, Berkeley did not maintain that ideas exhausted the content of reality. There is perceiving, active being, or mental substance (mind, spirit, soul), in which ideas exist." [excerpted from Wikipedia]
Though largely discredited nowadays, Berkeley's ideas still have adherents, and it remains a milestone in epistemological thought.
"According to the 'esse is percipi' thesis, all the things surrounding us are nothing but our ideas. Sensible things have no other existence distinct from their being perceived by us. This also applies to human bodies. When we see our bodies or move our limbs, we perceive only certain sensations in our consciousness.
When identifying the sensuously perceived world with ideas of the knowing subject, Berkeley did not maintain that ideas exhausted the content of reality. There is perceiving, active being, or mental substance (mind, spirit, soul), in which ideas exist." [excerpted from Wikipedia]
Though largely discredited nowadays, Berkeley's ideas still have adherents, and it remains a milestone in epistemological thought.
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