A new look at Berkeley's idealism

Heythrop Journal 50 (2):189-194 (2009)
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In this note I firstly give a formulation of Berkeleyean Idealism in modern antiā€realist terms. Secondly, I supply a reading of Berkeley that serves to do three things: 1. It makes clear that the formulation of the position in modern terms is acceptable. 2. It offers a revealing insight into the reasons why Berkeley accepted the position. 3. It allows us to see that these reasons are, in fact, bad ones.

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Benjamin L. Curtis
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