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Berkeley's Idealism
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RE: Berkeley's Idealism
(March 14, 2012 at 1:08 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Is anyone aware of a compelling refutation of Berkeley’s form of Idealism in which God serves as the universal perceiver that sustains reality by observation of all phenomena?

The refutation lies in the argument itself. If observation or perception is required to sustain reality, then who observes/perceives god in order to sustain him?
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Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 14, 2012 at 1:08 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Anomalocaris - March 14, 2012 at 1:13 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 14, 2012 at 3:25 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Anomalocaris - March 14, 2012 at 4:14 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 14, 2012 at 5:06 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Anomalocaris - March 14, 2012 at 5:13 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 14, 2012 at 5:23 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Anomalocaris - March 14, 2012 at 5:25 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by genkaus - March 14, 2012 at 5:21 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 14, 2012 at 5:49 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Jackalope - March 14, 2012 at 6:06 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by genkaus - March 15, 2012 at 1:40 am
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by reverendjeremiah - March 15, 2012 at 1:23 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by reverendjeremiah - March 14, 2012 at 1:19 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by downbeatplumb - March 14, 2012 at 3:28 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2012 at 3:29 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by genkaus - March 14, 2012 at 4:29 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2012 at 5:25 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 14, 2012 at 5:36 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Anomalocaris - March 14, 2012 at 5:54 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 14, 2012 at 6:04 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Anomalocaris - March 14, 2012 at 6:06 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2012 at 5:39 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2012 at 5:50 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 14, 2012 at 5:59 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Anomalocaris - March 14, 2012 at 6:05 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2012 at 6:00 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 14, 2012 at 6:10 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Anomalocaris - March 14, 2012 at 6:16 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 14, 2012 at 6:29 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Jackalope - March 14, 2012 at 6:19 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by reverendjeremiah - March 14, 2012 at 6:30 pm
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RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2012 at 6:11 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by reverendjeremiah - March 14, 2012 at 6:26 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2012 at 6:35 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 14, 2012 at 6:37 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by reverendjeremiah - March 14, 2012 at 6:44 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Jackalope - March 14, 2012 at 6:51 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2012 at 6:53 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 14, 2012 at 10:27 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by reverendjeremiah - March 14, 2012 at 11:11 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2012 at 11:13 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by reverendjeremiah - March 15, 2012 at 5:20 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by The Grand Nudger - March 15, 2012 at 1:42 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by genkaus - March 15, 2012 at 2:14 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by The Grand Nudger - March 15, 2012 at 2:17 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by genkaus - March 15, 2012 at 3:01 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by The Grand Nudger - March 15, 2012 at 3:03 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 15, 2012 at 5:14 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by genkaus - March 16, 2012 at 10:43 am
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 19, 2012 at 9:45 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by genkaus - March 20, 2012 at 3:49 am
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 21, 2012 at 11:49 am
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by genkaus - March 21, 2012 at 4:47 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 21, 2012 at 9:44 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by genkaus - March 22, 2012 at 3:35 am
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 23, 2012 at 8:33 am
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by genkaus - March 23, 2012 at 10:27 am
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 23, 2012 at 12:09 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by genkaus - March 23, 2012 at 5:53 pm
RE: Berkeley's Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - March 23, 2012 at 7:15 pm

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