You don't think that you can weigh wind, do you? — Terrapin Station
The theory of relativity is located at the brains of the individuals — Terrapin Station
's weird that people have these toddler-caliber understandings of things — Terrapin Station
It does sound incredible, but it is exactly that incredulity that Hylas, the sceptic in his dialogue, brings to Philonious, only to see all his apparently sensible objections refuted. — Wayfarer
The notion that there is matter out there being sensed, is just an idea created by the mind. — Metaphysician Undercover
It’s a customary practice in philosophy to pose arguments in the form of dialogue between contesting views. — Wayfarer
The fact of using that technique is not impressive but the detail and rigour of Berkeley’s arguments are, in my view. Especially against those who simply declare that Berkeley ‘must be wrong’. — Wayfarer
Some people just don't seem to be able to grasp the obvious. Because it's obvious they dismiss it as if it's irrelevant to any serious discussion about the nature of reality. — Metaphysician Undercover
This is the type of mistake in thinking that dualism causes.How much does the Theory of Relativity weigh...? — Wayfarer
How much does the Theory of Relativity weigh...?
— Wayfarer
This is the type of mistake in thinking that dualism causes. — Harry Hindu
t's impact is enormous compared to other ideas. — Harry Hindu
Is that really such an impressive feat in light of the consideration that Berkeley was the puppet master pulling all the strings behind the scenes? He wasn't exactly going to refute his own arguments, was he? — S
His prose are masterful, only bested by Hume IMO. For much of the dialogues he actually gets Hylas to defend the refutation of matter, it really is a very clever piece of writing. — Jamesk
My reply to this will be much the same as my reply to Wayfarer. Masterful prose? Perhaps. A very clever piece of writing? May well be. But are the key arguments plausible? No. What's more important? Are you a truth seeker or something akin to an admirer of exotic artifacts? — S
Berkeley admits this but says that his 'notions' of minds and God are immediate to us in a way that matter is not.
Is he right? — Jamesk
We can never independently observe ourselves and so we cannot 'step outside' of this perspective that traps us. — Jamesk
All you ever experience from objects is the idea of the object, never the thing in itself. — Jamesk
Of course you can. Wind has velocity, it exerts force, You measure it with a meter. Name me a 'physical thing' which has no location and no mass. — Wayfarer
The debate here is whether materialism as a theory has a stronger foundation that immaterialism. — Jamesk
But that's a category error. — Wayfarer
In other words, your response wasn't an argument against what Terrapin said. It was useless.In actual fact, it was a slightly tongue-in-cheek response to Terrapin's contention that 'ideas are physical'. — Wayfarer
The point was that you didn't say anything useful.Of course, but that is not the point at issue. — Wayfarer
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