Berkeley's Master Argument
1974; Duke University Press; Volume: 83; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2183873
ISSN1558-1470
Autores Tópico(s)Classical Philosophy and Thought
ResumoPhilonous: . . you can conceive it possible for any mixture or combination of qualities, or any sensible object whatever, to exist without the mind, then I will grant it actually to be so. Hylas: If it comes to that the point will soon be decided. What more easy to conceive of a tree or a house existing by itself, independent of, and unperceived by any mind I do at this moment conceive them existing after that manner. Philonous: How say you Hylas, can you see a thing which is at the same time unseen? Hylas: No, that were a contradiction. Philonous: Is it not as great a contradiction to talk of conceiving a thing which is unconceived ? Hylas: It is. Philonous: The tree or house therefore which you think of is conceived by you. Hylas: How should it be otherwise? Philonous: And what is conceived by you is surely in the mind. Hylas: Without question, that which is conceived is in the mind. Philonous: How then came you to say, you conceived a house or tree existing independent, and out of all minds whatsoever? Hylas: That I own was an oversight.'
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