Specifically, what Berkeley was asserting was that the existence of the acoustic vibrations (although I don’t think he knew that they were vibrations) was dependent upon the existence of the auditory experience. It wasn’t an argument about definitions at all! It was a peculiar kind of solipsism which, as Rosser guessed, I have little sympathy with.
Specifically, what Berkeley was asserting was that the existence of the acoustic vibrations (although I don’t think he knew that they were vibrations) was dependent upon the existence of the auditory experience. It wasn’t an argument about definitions at all! It was a peculiar kind of solipsism which, as Rosser guessed, I have little sympathy with.