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
