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28. Explain Berkeley's argument against the primary qualities from the relativity of perceptions, in §§14 and 15.

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>From w y ng:

it is the Lockean-style argument. if two or more people can have different experiences of a property, then the experience property must be just mental and not external.

 

>rm says: True. Some exampes would be good, here.

 

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