Critically evaluate Locke’s account of material substance in light of Berkeley’s immaterialist hypothesis. Who do you think has the most convincing view?

Assignment Question

Critically evaluate Locke’s account of material substance in light of Berkeley’s immaterialist hypothesis. Who do you think has the most convincing view? Agree with locke

Part I: Introduction Topic Sentence + Introduce the Philosophers and their Positions + Thesis Statement Your thesis statement is who you think is right and why.

Part II: Exposition of Locke’s account of Knowledge Explain Locke’s distinction between primary and secondary qualities and his account of substance.

Part III: Exposition of Berkeley’s Objections Explain why Berkeley finds Locke’s distinction between primary and secondary qualities and his account of substance problematic.

Part IV: Exposition of Berkeley’s Immaterialist Hypothesis Explain Berkely’s immaterialist hypothesis. Why does he say, “We eat, drink, and are clad in ideas?”

Part V: Critical Analysis Whose view do you find most convincing? Why? – agree with locke

Part VI: Conclusion reference “the idealist theory of knowledge” by George Berkeley and “the empiricist theory of knowledge” by John Locke