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Berkeley’s central arguments for immaterialism

How did Berkeley argue for his striking philosophical position?

Did Berkeley misunderstand Locke’s view of secondary qualities in a way which mattered to his project?

Berkeley's work was in part a reaction to John Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding. Recent critics have charged that Berkeley misunderstood Locke's positions. Are they correct?

Is Berkeley best understood as a phenomenalist?

Berkeley denied that objects like trees were material substances. Was he an early advocate of the phenomenalist account of what their existence involved?