George_Berkeley

George Berkeley I have finally found a philosopher that I can understand. Berkeley makes reference to the mind have nothing, but ideas and a collection of ideas. He then discusses how the things that are intangible and objects that can’t be seen are merely ideas also. We might have briefly talked about this in class, but I believe now that there is irrefutable evidence that microorganisms do exist. They can’t be perceived by the naked eye, but they can be seen by a microscope. I also believe that during this time period that some scientists had ideas that there were organisms that couldn’t be perceived. So, once again Berkeley might be trying to say that they are wrong, but in a sense I feel that he was wrong for not believing. Berkeley raises the question about objects known as matter which are senseless things having primary qualities and secondary qualities. The two qualities he says are only ideas which we perceive in our head to exist. Would he refute that speed is only an idea. I guarantee you that if you were pulled over going 100mph in a 25mph speed zone and ideas, say, mind, exist, speed, just, berkeley, qualities, might, idea, head, going, can’t, about, wrong, wouldn’t, without, until, today, time, think, things, senseless, sense, seen, real, place, perceived, perceive, objects, must, merely, mean, matter, man