BQ43

Class Responses and Instructor Comments

>From nr:

berkeley responds to this by saying that in order for things to exist in our mental reality,we must be able to percieve them.. so we need our sensory perception. locke would agree because he believes in both a mental and physical reality.we can only view the world through our senses.

>rm says: But do either of them really think that objects are generated and destroyed as we open and close our eyes, for example?

>From KAI YU and WAI YAN:

when you close your eye, the object does not exist because you don't perceive them anymore.

>rm says: This is the objection, when coupled with the belief that this doesn't actually happen. But what is Berkeley's response?

Berkeley Reading Guide 43. How does Berkeley respond to the objection that, on his theory, things go in and out of existence when we open and close our eyes? What would Locke say?		Back to Berkeley Reading Guide Back to Philosophy 101 Home Next Question
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