The worst argument in the world – defended

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In this paper, I argue that Berkeley’s master argument is not the worst argument in the world—more like third or fourth.

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10.1017/s1477175617000173

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Problems from Kant by James Van Cleve.Rae Langton - 2003 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 66 (1):211-218.
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Berkeley in logical form.A. N. Prior - 1955 - Theoria 21 (2-3):117-122.
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