creators_name: Winter, Blake K.
creators_id: mad2physicist@gmail.com
type: preprint
datestamp: 2009-05-16 16:33:28
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:21
metadata_visibility: show
title: Berkeley’s Arguments on Realism and Idealism
subjects: phil-epist
subjects: phil-metaphys
full_text_status: public
keywords: Berkeley, idealism, realism, solipsism, apodictic evidence
note: Published in Lyceum X(1) 2008, http://lyceumphilosophy.com/?q=node/98
abstract: We analyse Berkeley's argument that realism cannot be defined, and show that his epistemological assumptions lead to the inevitable conclusion that solipsism is the only definable metaphysics. We conclude with a discussion of what this means for the realism/idealism debate, and also with a discussion of the possibility for apodictic evidence in this matter.
date: 2008-11
date_type: published
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Winter, Mr. Blake K.  (2008) Berkeley’s Arguments on Realism and Idealism.  [Preprint]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/6440/1/berk.doc.pdf