Berkeley’s Arguments for Idealism

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In The Oxford Handbook of Berkeley, edited by Samuel Rickless, 64–100. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190873417.001.0001

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Abstract

This chapter provides a systematic reconstruction and assessment of Berkeley’s arguments for idealism in the Principles of Human Knowledge and the Three Dialogues. It distinguishes Berkeley’s argument from abstraction, his conceivability argument, and his various causal arguments, and examines the relationship between them. Special attention is paid to Berkeley’s treatment of primary and secondary qualities and his response to the materialist position.

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