He defended Anglican orthodoxy in his Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher, though he's better known today for his "Likeness Principle," in which he argued against materialism by stating that an idea can only be like another idea.
This man maintained that the contemporary "corpuscular" theory of matter could be allowed as a "useful fiction" for "reckoning" in science but not as a demonstration of the true nature of matter in his pamphlet De Motu. He defended Anglican orthodoxy in his Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher, though he's better known today for his "Likeness Principle," in which he argued against materialism by stating that an idea can only be like another idea. Known for his maxim "esse est percipi," FTP who is this Irish philosopher, author of Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonus?
This man maintained that the contemporary "corpuscular" theory of matter could be allowed as a "useful fiction" for "reckoning" in science but not as a demonstration of the true nature of matter in his pamphlet De Motu.
{George Berkeley} ({barkley})