单词 | berkeleyism |
释义 | Berkeleyismn. The philosophical opinions of George Berkeley and his followers, esp. immaterialism (see immaterialism n.). Cf. Berkeleian adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > subjectivism > [noun] > Berkeleyism and its adherents materialistc1705 Berkeleianism1752 Berkeleyism1779 Berkeleian1792 1779 Crit. Rev. Jan. 76 In pursuing this notion he [sc. Priestley] runs into Berkeleyism, and maintains what neither Hartley nor Michell ever dreamt of. Nerves, vibrations, &c. are only instruments of thinking. 1881 Athenæum 30 July 137/1 Whether the mind will not at last be driven into actual Berkeleyism. 1940 C. Isherwood Diary 18 July (2011) I. 108 Western philosophy always views the Self as a subject. Berkleyism: the world exists in my own brain. 2002 Chron. Higher Educ. 15 Feb. September 11 and its awful reality would seem to relegate Matrix mania and its unacknowledged antecedent, Berkeleyism, to someplace between irrelevant and infuriating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1779 |
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