George Berkeley
George Berkeley (/ˈbɑːrkli/; 12 Mairch 1685 – 14 Januar 1753) — kent as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop o Cloyne) — wis an Erse filosofer whase primar achievement wis the advancement o a theory he cried immaterialism (later referred tae as subjective idealism bi ithers).
This theory denies the exeestence o material substance an insteid contends that familiar objects lik tables an chairs are anly ideas in the minds o perceivers an, as a result, canna exeest withoot bein perceived. Berkeley is an aa kent for his critique o abstraction, an important premise in his argument for immaterialism.
George Berkeley | |
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 Portrait o Berkeley bi John Smybert, 1727 | |
| Born | 12 Mairch 1685 Coonty Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Dee'd | 14 Januar 1753 (aged 67) Oxford, Ingland |
| Naitionality | Irish |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin (BA 1704; MA 1707) |
| Era | 18t century filosofie |
| Region | Wastren Filosofie |
| Schuil | Idealism Empiricism |
Main interests | Christianity, metapheesics, epistemology, leid, mathematics, perception |
Notable ideas | Subjective idealism, master argument |
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