the philosopher's surname is a toponymic surname from Berkeley, Gloucestershire
which is named after beorce léah which means birch lea in Old English language
and birch leas contain no Berlekium atoms at all :)
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Would it not be fairer to say Berkley denied the existence of matter whilst believing in the reality of physicsl objects like chairs, tables and I dare say chemical elements such as Berklium?
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I don’t think he denied the existence of matter, he just thought that physical substances and ideas should not be distinguished because what we perceived to be physical substances were the ideas of God
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That’s very interesting indeed
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Yeah kind of like the physical world then decided to teach him a lesson!
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And who referred to limits as "ghosts of departed quantities."
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Despite years of effort, Dwayne Leadbetter (1924-1997) was not able to convince the International Chemical and Materials Science Society that the element Lead be retroactively named for him. However, it’s President now often refers to it in private meetings as Dwaynium.
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A great advocate of the medicinal use of tar water! see also http://existentialcomics.com/philosopher/George_Berkeley …pic.twitter.com/dlIyicuSX9
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I think he’s a incredible solipsist and we must give credibility for his job and seeing the context of epistemology discussion, it makes all sense, but I love how Hume criticise him, as he did with Locke. Whatever, I think adolescents would like solipsism, it they know what is.
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