Contra Todd Ryan’s interpretation, I argue that it is possible to reconstruct a metaphysical argument that does not restrict likeness in general to ideas. While I agree with Ryan that Berkeley’s writings provide us with the resources to reconstruct such an argument, I disagree with Ryan that this argument entails a restriction of likeness to ideas. Unlike Ryan, I argue that Berkeley is not committed to the claim that we can compare only ideas, but to the view that the only thing that can be compared to an idea is another idea
I argue that Berkeley's distinctive idealism/immaterialism can't support his view that objects of se...
We analyse Berkeley's argument that realism cannot be defined, and show that his epistemological ass...
Berkeley argues that claims about divine predication (e.g., God is wise or exists) should be underst...
Berkeley’s likeness principle is the claim that “an idea can be like nothing but an idea”. The liken...
In this paper, we focus on Berkeley's reasons for accepting the ‘resemblance thesis’ which entails t...
Berkeley writes in his ThreeDialogues Between Hylas and Philonous that he “acknowledge[s] a twofold ...
In several essays I have argued that Berkeley maintains the same basic notion of spiritual substance...
"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" ...
Berkeley is commonly interpreted as having thought that sensible objects have a continuous existence...
This chapter revisits three key disagreements between Locke and Berkeley. The disagreements relate ...
Berkeley\u27s arguments in the first of Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous for the claim th...
167 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005.This study presents a new int...
George Berkeley is perhaps one of the most unique and intriguing figures in the history of modern ph...
I argue that Berkeley's distinctive idealism/immaterialism can't support his view that objects of se...
We analyse Berkeley's argument that realism cannot be defined, and show that his epistemological ass...
Berkeley argues that claims about divine predication (e.g., God is wise or exists) should be underst...
Berkeley’s likeness principle is the claim that “an idea can be like nothing but an idea”. The liken...
In this paper, we focus on Berkeley's reasons for accepting the ‘resemblance thesis’ which entails t...
Berkeley writes in his ThreeDialogues Between Hylas and Philonous that he “acknowledge[s] a twofold ...
In several essays I have argued that Berkeley maintains the same basic notion of spiritual substance...
"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" ...
Berkeley is commonly interpreted as having thought that sensible objects have a continuous existence...
This chapter revisits three key disagreements between Locke and Berkeley. The disagreements relate ...
Berkeley\u27s arguments in the first of Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous for the claim th...
167 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005.This study presents a new int...
George Berkeley is perhaps one of the most unique and intriguing figures in the history of modern ph...
I argue that Berkeley's distinctive idealism/immaterialism can't support his view that objects of se...
We analyse Berkeley's argument that realism cannot be defined, and show that his epistemological ass...
Berkeley argues that claims about divine predication (e.g., God is wise or exists) should be underst...