George Berkeley

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George Berkeley was an 18th-century Irish philosopher best known for his idealist doctrine that reality consists only of minds and their ideas, encapsulated in the phrase "to be is to be perceived."

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instanceOf Anglican bishop ⓘ
Irish philosopher ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
academicDegree Doctor of Divinity ⓘ
birthDate 1685-03-12 ⓘ
birthPlace County Kilkenny ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1753-01-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ
denomination Church of Ireland ⓘ
describedBy to be is to be perceived ⓘ
educatedAt Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
education Kilkenny College ⓘ
era 18th-century philosophy ⓘ
familyName Berkeley ⓘ
fieldOfWork epistemology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of perception ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
fullName George Berkeley ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
influenced American pragmatism ⓘ
linked to: Empiricism

Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ
Charles Sanders Peirce ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
analytic philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Isaac Newton ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
Nicolas Malebranche ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
motto esse est percipi ⓘ
movement empiricism ⓘ
idealism ⓘ
immaterialism ⓘ
nationality Irish ⓘ
notableIdea esse est percipi ⓘ
immaterialism ⓘ
subjective idealism ⓘ
notableWork A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge ⓘ
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher ⓘ
An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision ⓘ
Siris ⓘ
Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous ⓘ
occupation Anglican bishop ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
philosophicalSchool British empiricism ⓘ
linked to: Empiricism

early modern philosophy ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Cloyne ⓘ
proposedProject Bermuda College ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
linked to: Anglican Communion
residence Cloyne ⓘ
Dublin ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Rhode Island ⓘ
spouse Anne Forster ⓘ

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