1. Berkley's Theory of Immaterialism
In short, the materialist feels that the information received through sense experience gives a representative picture of the outside world (the representative theory of perception), and one can not penetrate to the true essece of an object. This makes logical sense, for the only way to perceive this real essence would be to become the object itself! ... As part of his reply he might add that because it can not be sensed it is not a piece of knowledge. ... Secondary qualities are those things that are concrete (sense oriented), such as color, smell, sound, and taste. ... As previously discussed...
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