question archive This is what my philosophy professor asked: George Berkeley (pronounced "barkley"), in his subjective idealism, claimed the only things we could be sure of are that we have perceptions and that God must also perceive to explain our common perceptions, and that we could "know" nothing else
This is what my philosophy professor asked: George Berkeley (pronounced "barkley"), in his subjective idealism, claimed the only things we could be sure of are that we have perceptions and that God must also perceive to explain our common perceptions, and that we could "know" nothing else
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This is what my philosophy professor asked:
George Berkeley (pronounced "barkley"), in his subjective idealism, claimed the only things we could be sure of are that we have perceptions and that God must also perceive to explain our common perceptions, and that we could "know" nothing else. The positivists, such as Charles Sanders Peirce and Karl Popper, claimed that we could only know our sense perceptions from our five senses and nothing else. Others, such as Immanuel Kant, tried to take a middle route, claiming that some things were known through empiricle, observable data, but other truths existed but were difficult to study, as the nature of such perceptions was not verifiable.
Contrast these points of view using the course materials and any other resources you may find, and explain your position on this issue. Is reality something that we learn about via our senses or some other way (if so what)? Or do we learn in multiple ways? How is such knowledge obtained?
That is the question she asked and to be honest, I have no idea what she is asking or how to answer it. To be honest, I don't enjoy philosophy bc I feel it is just people talking in circles and not coming to any conclusion and everyone still being wrong or right. Ultimately I'm a math girl.
can you give me any idea or help with this question?
