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Berkeley on Common Sense by S. Seth Bordner is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Berkeley on Common Sense about?

Debate surrounds whether Berkeley’s philosophy is a defense of, or merely consistent with, common sense, as well as what Berkeley means by “common sense.” This chapter defends a view that synthesizes elements of recent approaches: by “common sense” Berkeley means primarily the (de re) belief that the things immediately perceived are the real things, characteristically held by the vulgar and exemplified by vulgar ways of speech. In holding that it is a natural belief, this view is consistent with recent accounts that identify common sense with the proper use of our cognitive faculties as well as those accounts that identify it with (some) commonly held propositions.

Author

S. Seth Bordner

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published

2022

Language

EN