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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 5 page paper which examines the argument in
Berkeley’s “Three Dialogues” which states that “Colours, sounds, tastes, in a word, all
those termed secondary qualities, have certainly no existence without the mind.” No
additional sources cited.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAcolors.rtf
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dialogue we are presented with a very powerful argument against the existence of matter, or, as is stated on in the dialogue, "Colours, sounds, tastes, in a word, all those
termed secondary qualities, have certainly no existence without the mind." In the following paper we present an examination of this dialogue, offering a tutorial discussion of how this statement came
about through the dialogue. The Argument In understanding where the argument presented began we start with the section of the discourse wherein Philonous asked Hylas to help him
define skeptic, which was something Hylas had called Philonous. Essentially Philonous illustrates that Hylas believes that a skeptic is one who rides the middle of the road, not taking one
side or another in any argument. They are not individuals who argue against something or argue for something. He then asks Hylas why he called Philonous a skeptic when he
was clearly arguing against something. Hylas states that he should further define his ideas of what a skeptic was, adding that a skeptic is one who "denies the reality and
truth of things" (9). At this point Philonous further works towards definitions of senses and tries to understand what Hylas means by sensible things. He arrives at the conclusion
that sensible things mean those items or realities that can be perceived by the senses of a human being. Philonous states the following: "Does it not follow from this, that
though I see one part of the sky as red, and another blue, and that my reason doth thence evidently conclude there must be some cause of that diversity of
colors, yet that cause cannot be said to be a sensible thing, or perceived by the sense of seeing?" (10). Hylas agrees and Philonous continues with a discussion of
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