Our belief in the reality of objects and agents is subject of the problem of external world, as a fundamental problem in philosophy. The main questions are whether we know the external world and whether such a thing exists. Berkeley's ontology as a direct consequence of his epistemology as well as his analysis of the concept existence leads him to accept external world existence as a perception and to refute independent existence of external objects, i.e. his idealism. We addressed here some of his main arguments: the argument from analysis of concept existence, the argument from likeness, the argument from abstractness refutation, and the Master Argument, to argue for validity and unsoundness of the arguments.
Saket Nalkiashari, M., & Hakkak, S. M. (2021). Berkeley on the Problem of the External World. Shinakht (A Persian Word Means Knowledge), 14(1), 131-148. doi: 10.29252/kj.2021.213834.0
MLA
Mohammad Saket Nalkiashari; Seyyed Mohammad Hakkak. "Berkeley on the Problem of the External World". Shinakht (A Persian Word Means Knowledge), 14, 1, 2021, 131-148. doi: 10.29252/kj.2021.213834.0
HARVARD
Saket Nalkiashari, M., Hakkak, S. M. (2021). 'Berkeley on the Problem of the External World', Shinakht (A Persian Word Means Knowledge), 14(1), pp. 131-148. doi: 10.29252/kj.2021.213834.0
VANCOUVER
Saket Nalkiashari, M., Hakkak, S. M. Berkeley on the Problem of the External World. Shinakht (A Persian Word Means Knowledge), 2021; 14(1): 131-148. doi: 10.29252/kj.2021.213834.0
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