Contra Metaphysical Idealism

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IMHO, Idealistic Monism of the Bishop Berkley variety seems to suffer from the same failings as physical monism. Neither address the tension between Constancy and Change. I see 4) as the problem, since it ignores the tacit subject and object distinction found in 1) and 2). I see no justification for saying that the thought of something is the same as the something itself.

Because there is none. Only in mind games.

The thought may be as close to the object as you can think. And if your good enough you can pretend to interact with it and even mentally experience to the point of thinking the inputs to your brain are from the actual event. But that's it.

evidence: imagining of the fields around you sitting on a chair. Then image the same fields around you while thinking about the experience of sitting on the chair.

It is more proper to insert Big George C's skit.