History of Philosophy in the 17th & 18th Centuries

Berkeley 2: Seminar

Berkeley says Locke's arguments (pace Locke himself) prove all qualities are in the mind.

When Berkeley argues that all of Locke's arguments for the conclusion that some qualities are secondary work equally well for all qualities, is he right?

• Windmill from different distances compared with lukewarm water sensed by hot and cold hands
• Sweetness varies with the condition of the taster compared with perception of motion varying with situation of perceiver.

Continuity among material objects

'X exists' = 'if an observer were in such and such a relation to x, such and such experiences would be had.'

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