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Is the Real World Independent of Our Minds? (Part 2)
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Is the Real World Independent of Our Minds? (Part 2)

Philosopher Hilary Putnam continues his discussion of whether or not the external world is independent of our minds. At one time he made the statement that there is no real world independent of our conceptual system--a statement which he now regrets...

Is the Real World Independent of Our Minds? (Part 3)
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Is the Real World Independent of Our Minds? (Part 3)

Philosopher Hilary Putnam continues his discussion of whether or not the external world is independent of our minds. At one time he made the statement that there is no real world independent of our conceptual system--a statement which he now regrets...

Is the Real World Independent of Our Minds? (Part 1)
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Is the Real World Independent of Our Minds? (Part 1)

Philosopher Hilary Putnam talks about whether or not the external world is independent of our minds. At one time he made the statement that there is no real world independent of our conceptual system--a statement which he now regrets. Professor Putn...

Does All Knowledge Come from Experience?: Berkeley's Solution to Locke's Gap
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Does All Knowledge Come from Experience?: Berkeley's Solution to Locke's Gap

George Berkeley, the next major empiricist after Locke, makes the gap between the external world and our mental images of it central to his philosophy. Berkeley's solution is to say that bodies are simply collections of ideas that exist in the mind....

Does All Knowledge Come from Experience?: Existence of an External Word...Real or Imagined?, The
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Does All Knowledge Come from Experience?: Existence of an External Word...Real or Imagined?, The

Can we be certain our perceptions are backed up by an external world? Hume is skeptical. "Here experience is, and must be entirely silent." According to Hume we have no good reason for believing in the existence of an external world. We have to beli...