Berkeleian
pertaining or relating to George Berkeley or his philosophy.
an advocate of the philosophy of George Berkeley, especially its denial of the existence of a material world.
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- Berke·le·ian·ism, noun
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How to use Berkeleian in a sentence
But the Berkeleian way of meeting this difficulty is so familiar that I need not enlarge upon it now.
The Analysis of Mind | Bertrand RussellThe argument of the Paralogism of the first edition is itself Berkeleian, and refutes only the problematic idealism of Descartes.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' | Norman Kemp SmithAnd until that belief can be shown to be false and ungrounded, the Berkeleian idealism is without support.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' | Norman Kemp Smith
British Dictionary definitions for Berkeleian
/ (bɑːˈklɪən) /
denoting or relating to the philosophy of George Berkeley
a follower of his teachings
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