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Michael Ayers on Locke and Berkeley: Section 4

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Locke and Berkeley

This program examines the philosophies of British empiricists John Locke and George Berkeley. Philosopher Michael Ayers of Oxford interprets Locke's skeptical theory that all knowledge is sensory and speculative, and that the true nature of the world can never be known as an attack on Descartes' theory of innate ideas. Conversely, Berkeley insists that we cannot have sensory knowledge of material substances because the exist only in the mind. Even the laws of nature, Berkeley says are merely the regularities of our own perceptions or ideas.

Section 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5jwktbnrZY

Section 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKmp0jXE0c0

Section 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0sJlhroEa0

Section 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ctxZtbH_mw

Section 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KutXFg5rlU

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  • while god goes on holiday... the funniest idea ever

  • The discussion on George Berkeley begins @6:44

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  • Ha! They didn't even spend 10 minutes on Berkeley!!!

  • One thing they didn't mention here is that Locke's religious tolerance didn't extend towards atheists. Locke wasn't all that tolerant.

  • Magee is very patronising towards Ayer.

    

  • I have nothing to say really, just wanted to add a comment. :)

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