The Querist

by George Berkeley

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Genres: Philosophy

61 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1737

About the author

George Berkeley (/ˈbɑːrklɪ/;[1][2] 12 March 1685 – 14 January 1753) — known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne) — was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism" (later referred to as "subjective idealism" by others). This theory denies the existence of material substance and instead contends that familiar objects like tables and chairs are only ideas in the minds of perceivers, and as a result cannot exist without being perceived. Berkeley is also known for his critique of abstraction, an important premise in his argument for immaterialism.

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Reviews

[Peter Mcnally]

Individual readers of this book will perceive every sentence of this book differently because of each of their brains genetically inhereted a different cell structure and each of those has a different history of habitual neuronal pathways. Therefore my review of any book is immaterial. I have not read a single word of the book.

[Jordan · Rating 3 out of 5]

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