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George Berkeley and David Hume Ellen Karjane G2 PR-IN - Coggle Diagram
George Berkeley and David Hume
Ellen Karjane G2 PR-IN
Denial of the existence of matter
All reality is mental
Everything is either material or mental
Material objects are percieved
God always percieves
All bodies are ideas
Only exist in the mind
Incapable of knowing that those exist
1685–1753
Trinity College Dublin
Berkeley, California
"A New Theory of Vision" (1709)
"The Principles of Human Knowledge" (1710)
"The Dialogues of Hylas and Philonus" (1713)
1711–1776
"Treatise of Human Nature" (1739, 1740)
Understanding, passions, and morals
All human knowledge derives from experience
Origin of space, time, and causality
Not successful
"History of England" (1755)
Scotsmen > Englishmen
"Westward the course of empire takes its way"
Skeptical of religion
Not enough logical proof
Mild agnosticism/mild theism
Vindictive God = cruel superstition
Supported religious tolerance
Scottish
Naturalistic theory of mind
Feelings vs. reason
"Reason is the slave of passion"
Not all feelings are acceptable
Patience, being at ease
Being less afraid
Lived in the Age of Reason
Disagreed with theories of reason
Humans are just animals
The mind
Actively creates ideas
Passively perceives them