Berkeley's Puzzle
Campbell, John
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Berkeley's Puzzle
by Campbell, John, Quassim Cassam
Published
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pages
224
ISBN-13
9780198777564
Description
Sensory experience seems to be the basis of our knowledge and conception of mind-independent things. The puzzle is to understand how that can be: even if the things we experience (apples, tables, trees etc), are mind-independent how does our sensory experience of them enable us to conceive of them as mind-independent? George Berkeley thought that sensory experience can only provide us with the conception of mind-dependent things, things which cannot exist when they aren't being perceived. It's easy to dismiss Berkeley's conclusion but harder to see how to avoid it. In this book, John Campbell and Quassim Cassam propose very different solutions to Berkeley's Puzzle. For Campbell, sensory experience can be the basis of our knowledge of mind-independent things because it is a relation, more primitive than thought, between the perceiver and high-level objects and properties in the mind-independent world. Cassam opposes this 'relationalist' solution to the Puzzle and defends a 'representationalist' solution: sensory experience can give us the conception of mind-independent things because it represents its objects as mind-independent, but does so without presupposing concepts of mind-independent things. This book is written in the form of a debate between two rival approaches to understanding the relationship between concepts and sensory experience. Although Berkeley's Puzzle frames the debate, the questions addressed by Campbell and Cassam aren't just of historical interest. They are among the most fundamental questions in philosophy.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages are in Berkeley's Puzzle?
This edition of Berkeley's Puzzle has approximately 224 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
How long does it take to read Berkeley's Puzzle?
For most readers, Berkeley's Puzzle typically takes between 4h 40m and 3h 7m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 56,000 words and common reading speeds.
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What is the word count of Berkeley's Puzzle?
The estimated word count for Berkeley's Puzzle is approximately 56,000 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
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Who is the author of Berkeley's Puzzle?
Berkeley's Puzzle was written by Campbell, John, Quassim Cassam.
When was Berkeley's Puzzle published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 2016. The original work may have been published on a different date.