Sleep Story 238 – The Problems of Philosophy
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The Arguments for Denying Matter
The philosopher who first brought prominently forward the reasons for regarding the immediate objects of our senses as not existing independently of us, was Bishop Berkeley. These three dialogues between Hyalus and Phylonus in opposition to skeptics and atheists undertake to prove that there is no such thing as matter at all. The arguments employed are of very different value. Some are important and sound; others are confused or quibbling. But Berkeley retains the merit of having shown that the existence of matter can be denied without absurdity.
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