Case Against Material Substance: The Epistemological Argument
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Argument #4 Against Material Substance: The Epistemological Argument (Principles Version)
To Show: We only have two ways of knowing- immediately or mediately, and material substance is unknowledgeable (even if it exists).
Motivations:
To show the difference between immediate and mediate perceptions.
To show that bodies cannot exist without the mind
To show that all bodies are internal, and external bodies (apart from the mind) do not exist.
To prove materialists wrong (-- removed HTML --)
0. God gives us a mind, and a will and our mind creates ideas based on what we mediately, or immediately perceive. (-- removed HTML --)
Knowing a substance immediately is perceived by knowledge from our senses
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To show this, Berkeley begins his argument listing his main goals which were to show that there are only two ways of knowing: immediately, and mediately, and that material substance is unknowledgeable.
The first way of knowing Berkeley lists is the immediate way of knowing. Immediate in the eyes of Berkeley is the first look at whatever subject, or object you are viewing. This usually consists of senses, sensations, ideas, or those things immediately perceived by sense. Berkeley’s theory is that mind is the only existing material object. Therefore, he does not believe in physical objects which exist externally. He only believes in things which exist within the mind, internally perceived. The second way of knowing Berkeley lists is the mediate way of knowing. The mediate way is a bit more conceptual than the immediate way of knowing. This takes more piecing together, and using inferences based on perceptions. Berkeley believes that the mediate way of knowing is learned by assertions either based on perceptions, or based on a memory of having perceived it. This way of knowing is also internal, and only exists in the brain which satisfies Berkeley’s theory that the only material substance that exists is the mind and ideas in the
Argument #4 Against Material Substance: The Epistemological Argument (Principles Version)
To Show: We only have two ways of knowing- immediately or mediately, and material substance is unknowledgeable (even if it exists).
Motivations:
To show the difference between immediate and mediate perceptions.
To show that bodies cannot exist without the mind
To show that all bodies are internal, and external bodies (apart from the mind) do not exist.
To prove materialists wrong (-- removed HTML --)
0. God gives us a mind, and a will and our mind creates ideas based on what we mediately, or immediately perceive. (-- removed HTML --)
Knowing a substance immediately is perceived by knowledge from our senses
We only have the knowledge …show more content…
To show this, Berkeley begins his argument listing his main goals which were to show that there are only two ways of knowing: immediately, and mediately, and that material substance is unknowledgeable.
The first way of knowing Berkeley lists is the immediate way of knowing. Immediate in the eyes of Berkeley is the first look at whatever subject, or object you are viewing. This usually consists of senses, sensations, ideas, or those things immediately perceived by sense. Berkeley’s theory is that mind is the only existing material object. Therefore, he does not believe in physical objects which exist externally. He only believes in things which exist within the mind, internally perceived. The second way of knowing Berkeley lists is the mediate way of knowing. The mediate way is a bit more conceptual than the immediate way of knowing. This takes more piecing together, and using inferences based on perceptions. Berkeley believes that the mediate way of knowing is learned by assertions either based on perceptions, or based on a memory of having perceived it. This way of knowing is also internal, and only exists in the brain which satisfies Berkeley’s theory that the only material substance that exists is the mind and ideas in the