Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Hylas, Diodorus Cronus, Empirical Evidence
5 Dec 2012
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Berkeley (october 18, 2011: biographical and historical matters. Ordained as an anglican priest in 1710. One of three great 18th century empiricists. A treatise on the principles of knowledge (1710) Three dialogues between hylas and philonous (1713) Hylas from the greek word matter: review of locke"s empiricism. There is nothing in the mind that was not first in the sense . Epistemology: all knowledge is grounded in sense experience (perception, sense experience gives rise to ideas, we only have immediate access to our ideas. Locke"s metaphysical view: external, material objects exist. External matters: matter and mind exist. Locke"s picture admits the reality of : matter, mind/ ideas, primary and secondary qualities. Primary qualities: extension, solidity, shape, mobility and number: how the object is characterized mathematically/physically. Secondary qualities: color, taste, smell, sound and texture: sense dependent, known through our 5(6,7,8 ) senses.
