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Principal 34
-The world did not change when you learned that there is no Santa Clause
-The world will not change because there is no matter because there never was any matter and there
never will be any matter
Copleson
-a history of philosophy
-Frederick Copelson
-Because Berkley uses ideas to refer to objects of sense and because he does not deny subjects of sense
perception, all he gets rid of is locks material substance which cannot be perceived; therefore, it will not
be missed by ordinary man
-Berkley always talks about God – gets him into trouble
-God
-infinite, immutable, being per-se, ultimate ontological principal
-God must perceive all things
-Therefore there is a God
-Berkley simply accepted God on faith
John Locke
-epistemological gulf
Berkley
-we look at the tree and we all see the same tree, and it is real
-we know it exists because it is a sensible object; therefore, it is an idea
-Moses mentions sun, stars, animals, sun
- Idea -immediate objects that are perceived by mind
-Genesis
-created sun, earth, moon, stars, animals, man, women
-birds a sensible objects
-if you remove all that is sensible, nothing is left
-bird is ssstt of a bird
-bird is an idea