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Sep 30, 2022 40 min

Epistemology 2: Berkeley's Idealism

from Coffee and Philosophy Hosted by Al Vince

In this episode, I cover Cockburn's defense of indirect realism, before moving on to look at Berkeley's idealism + his own critique of indirect realism. also, stay tuned for references to tumblr culture, marmite peanut butter and koalas. time stamps: [0:00] - intro & episode summary. [03:16] - cockburn's defense of indirect realism. [06:30] - berkeley's critiques of sensible qualities. [17:10] - berkeleys attack on the primary/secondary quality distinction. [28:12] - argument regarding material substratum. [32:42] - berkeley's critique on indirect realism (that mind-dependent ideas cannot be like mind-independent objects). [35:37] - berkeley's master argument. [39:28] - conclusion and next in this series.

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