A History of Ideas: George Berkeley On 'Esse Est Percipi' ('To Be Is To Be Perceived')
Is there such a thing as matter? Not according to the Immaterialist philosopher Bishop George Berkeley.
A History of Ideas: Hume on Miracles
Was it a miracle when Leicester City won the Premier League title? Not according to philosopher David Hume.
A History of Ideas: Wittgenstein’s Beetle In A Box Analogy
Can we ever know another person’s pain? Or even what their experience of the colour green might be? For Ludwig Wittgenstein, the answer to this question cut to the very heart of ‘meaning’.
A History of Ideas: Karl Popper On Falsification
According to philosopher Karl Popper, scientists don’t set out to provetheir theories, but to disprove them by testing them to destruction.