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12 pages in length. Berkeley's Dialogues have served to tackle some of mankind's more intricate and esoteric topics of debate and bring them into better focus. The extent to which The First Dialogue of Berkeley's Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous provides a fundamental basis upon which readers gain a significantly better understanding of perception is both grand and far-reaching; that Berkeley later tackles the often argued aspect of God's existence speaks to the manner by which the philosopher projects a common denominator between the two topics. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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First Dialogue of Berkeleys Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous provides a fundamental basis upon which readers gain a significantly better understanding of perception is both grand and far-reaching; that
Berkeley later tackles the often argued aspect of Gods existence speaks to the manner by which the philosopher projects a common denominator between the two topics. II. PERCEPTION
Berkeleys Philonous provides a viable example of the theorists valid position, which argues that to be is, therefore, to be perceived - that matter
does not exist independently of perception. Throughout most of The First Dialogue of Berkeleys Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous, Hylas position has two components: (R) For an ordinary
physical object (such as a tree) to really exist is for it to exist external to, and independent of the mind; and (D) We immediately perceive ordinary physical objects.
Sometimes this position (R + D) is called Direct Realism, a position which Philonous openly argues against. Philonous denies the necessary existence of the external material world and employs
Ockhams razor as a means by which to support his position: inasmuch as there is no genuine reason for the external material world to exist, the material world would, therefore,
be a useless creation (Berkeley, 1986). Philonous attempts to understand Hylas position to the contrary by engaging him in conversation, even though it does not prove victorious at convincing
him: HYLAS: Properly and immediately nothing can be perceived but ideas. All material things therefore are in themselves insensible, and to be perceived only by their ideas.
PHILONOUS: Ideas then are sensible, and their archetypes or originals insensible. HYLAS: Right (Berkeley, 1986). Philonous argues that to be is,
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