BQ18

Class Responses and Instructor Comments

>From w y ng:

nothing exist, because berkeley believes that there is no material world.

>rm says: Yes, there is no material world, but there are things besides perceptions. Hint: How might Descartes respond to Nietzsche's criticism of the cogito, that all one can claim is the presence of a thought.

>From jp:

God gives you the ideas.

>rm says: Indirectly, this is right.

>From KAI YU and WAI YAN:

the person itself exists.

rm says: Yes, the perceiver.

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