This philosopher posited that the ultimate cause of the motion of all bodies is the mind of God, opposing Newton, who he called later the "infidel mathematician."
This philosopher posited that the ultimate cause of the motion of all bodies is the mind of God, opposing Newton, who he called later the "infidel mathematician." He used the example of how a piece of wheat is small to a man but larger to a mite in pointing out the inadequacy of the extension argument. To illustrate a point, he questioned the sense in not believing that the moon is "a plain lucid surface, about a foot in diameter." Using a (*) cherry and a tree, this man constructed what Andre Gallois christened his "master argument," which disputes the distinction between primary and secondary qualities and claims the impossibility of existence independent of the mind. That is explained in his A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. For 10 points, name this philosopher who wrote Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous.
This philosopher posited that the ultimate cause of the motion of all bodies is the mind of God, opposing Newton, who he called later the "infidel mathematician."
George Berkeley