“the ideas of sense are stronger, livelier, and clearer than those of the imagination; and they are also steady, orderly and coherent.”
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George Berkeley
George Berkeley, known as Bishop Berkeley, was an Anglo-Irish philosopher, writer, and clergyman who is regarded as the founder of immaterialism, a philosophical theory he developed which later came to be known as subjective idealism. He has also been called "the father of idealism" by German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. Berkeley played a leading role in the empiricism movement and was one of…
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culture · Anglo-Irish philosopher and bishop (1685–1753) · philosopher · Anglican priest · writer · epistemologist · philosopher of science · metaphysician · Christian minister · theologian · bishop · also George Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley, Bishop George Berkeley, Berkeley
Born 12 March 1685 · Died 14 January 1753 · Q82049
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2026· 4 entries
“abstract object[s] do not exist in space or time”
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“thus, we cannot conceive of mechanist material bodies which are extended but not (in themselves) colored”
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“s doctrine of absolute space, time and motion in De Motu (On Motion), first published in 1721. His arguments were a notable precursor to those of Ernst Mach and Albert Einstein. In 1732, he published Alciphron, a Christian apologetic against the free-thinkers, and in 1734, he published The Analyst, a critique of the foundations of calculus, which was influential in the development of mathematics. In his work on immaterialism, Berkeley”
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2023· 1 entry
Trinity College Dublin removed Berkeley's name from one of its libraries because of his slave ownership and his active defence of slavery
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2021· 1 entry
The name of Cheselden's patient was published for the first time: Daniel Dolins
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1988· 1 entry
The Australian philosopher Colin Murray Turbayne established the International Berkeley Essay Prize Competition at the University of Rochester in an effort to advance scholarship and research on the works of Berkeley
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1978· 1 entry
Was "de-named" in April 2023 and renamed in October 2024 after Irish poet Eavan Boland
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1977· 1 entry
Publication began in Ireland of a special journal on Berkeley's life and thought (Berkeley Studies)
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1962· 1 entry
“Berkeley's Two Concepts of Mind (Part II)”
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1945· 1 entry
“Sensible objects must be sensible. A is a sensible object. Therefore A must be sensible.”
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1753· 3 entries
Died 1753-01-14.
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“And what are these same evanescent Increments? They are neither finite Quantities nor Quantities infinitely small, nor yet nothing. May we not call them the Ghosts of departed Quantities?”
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“For Science it cannot be called, when you proceed blindfold, and arrive at the Truth not knowing how or by what means.”
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1734· 1 entry
Career landmark: Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne (1734–1753).
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1724· 1 entry
Career landmark: Dean of Derry (1724–1733).
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1721· 1 entry
Career landmark: Dean of Dromore (1721–1724).
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1685· 1 entry
Born 1685-03-12.
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