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Irish philosopher George Berkeley was born #OTD in 1685. He was one of the most prominent proponents of philosophical idealism, which posits that reality exists as a function of the mind. Berkeley is best known for his theory of immaterialism, which argues that the physical world exists only as perceptions in the minds of observers and that the existence of objects depends on their being perceived.
Books by George Berkeley at PG:
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