Berkeley

This is evident in the sheer fact that Berkeley devoted his introduction of Principles to the refutation of the doctrine of abstraction. However this raises the question: Why did Berkeley feel so strongly? Why does Berkeley feel the need to reject abstraction? The answer to these questions is two-fold. First and foremost, Berkeley sees Locke’s doctrine of abstraction as a detractor from the overall purpose of his philosophical work. “Philosophy being nothing else but the study of wisdom and…

What are physical objects according to either (or both) John Locke or George Berkeley? This question stems from the metaphysical question “are all objects mind dependent? This essay will look at the idealist viewpoint of George Berkeley (1685-1753), an immaterialist, who denies that matter exists and says the only things that exist are mental things. Berkeley is responsible for the advancement of the theory of immaterialism later altered to subjective idealism. John Locke (1632-1704), a…

The project that I chose to assess is the Edible Schoolyard Berkeley (ESYB) project. The ESYB is a community nutrition project that is currently taking place in the city of Berkeley in California. The community in Berkeley is very diverse with people of many different cultures, ethnicities, ages, incomes and occupations. The target population, of the Edible Schoolyard Berkeley project, includes the students from grades 6 through 8 at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, also called King…

In their writings, Descartes and Berkeley argue the nature of sensible objects. Sensible objects are what are perceivable to the mind. The nature of how these objects are perceived and if, what the mind perceives exists is the foundation of both Descartes and Berkeley’s arguments. Are sensible objects distinctly external matter that are perceived by the mind, or are they created within the distinct mind and perceived directly. The arguments are related to Descartes and Berkeley’s different…

Kant’s Categorical Imperative According to Kant, we should always act according to the individual 's duty, not anticipating any consequences ahead. If each individual act accordingly, I believe that there will be less negative events occur and more positive outcomes. For example, sometimes doing negative things is wrong, such as lying. If we were to lie for a positive outcome, then it proves that if each individual act accordingly, then there will less negative outcome and it also proves that…

After reading about John Locke’s empiricism, I think that he is right about the tabula rasa. Locke believed that human beings were born with a blank state mind, just like a blank white piece of paper that has no words or ideas to it. He stated that everybody enters the world with no previous knowledge nor understanding about anything, and the only way to gain knowledge and furnish our brain is through experience. Locke claims that in order to come up with conclusions and grasp an understanding…

Bacon's Rebellion was started by a man named Nathaniel Bacon, who arrived in Virginia in 1674. Nathaniel Bacon was a landowner and had two properties with his wife, Elizabeth. The opposing force of the rebellion was the governor of Jamestown, Govenor William Berkley. Berkley and Bacon were actually cousins but the family bond didn't help much when it came to keeping peace. Govenor Berkley was at a great fault. He had done many things that the public did not agree to. First, Berkley made…

Berkeley is an experience. Being a woman of color has played a huge factor in my socialization on campus. The community as a whole is not diverse. The amount of underrepresented Minority Subtotal in 2015 was 15.8%. Having to navigate a campus with Professors and Graduate Students that do not look or act like you do has been challenging and different. At first, I was embarrassed to attend office hours or ask questions because I feared I was not smart enough or that I got into this school…

Welcome to Berkeley, probably still the best public university in the world. Meet your classmates, the best group of partners you can find anywhere. The percentages for grades on exams, papers, etc. in my courses always add up to 110% because that’s what I’ve learned to expect from you, over twenty years in the best job in the world. That’s the good news. The bad news is that you have been the victims of a terrible swindle, denied an inheritance you deserve by contract and by your merits. And…

past, things in life or just simply to decorating. After a day going around Berkeley, I found out there is a historic mural named "Incidents in California history" which is located at the Berkeley Main Post Office. Accordingly the name of the mural, it depicts the beginning of the state called "California".…