Question 3; Is there only mind?

7 important questions on Question 3; Is there only mind?

What does the mind create according to thinkers like Galilei, Descartes, Boyle and Locke?

The mind creates important properties that we usually think of as properties of the world.

What do empiricists claim about gaining knowledge?

They claim that we can only gain knowledge about the world via sensory experience.

What is the difference between primary and secondary properties/qualities?

Primary properties are properties that things really have, and secondary properties are the properties that things do not really have but are ascribed to when we perceive them.
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What was Locke his idea about gaining knowledge?

He thought that we could only get knowledge from our experience, either via the senses or via introspection, reflection as he called it.

What does the saying esse est percipi say?

To be is to be perceived. Unthinking things do not have any existence outside of the minds that perceive them.

Which things are central to Berkeley's philosophy idealism?

Ideas, a bundle of impressions perceived by various senses.

What is the problem with Berkeley's arguments?

  • The fact that a pebble seems small to a human and large to a mite doe not make dimension a secondary property; the pebble might be 1 cm in hight. The property is independent of both the human and the mite.
  • The permanency of material objects is used to prove the existence of God.

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