subjective idealism
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Within Vinony's link graph, subjective idealism is referenced by 450 other articles, and connects out to idealism, Yogacara and theory of forms.
It is catalogued under topics including George Berkeley, Idealism and Metaphysics of mind.
Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.
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- idealism
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- discoverer or inventor
- George Berkeley
- different from
- Immaterialism
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Encyclopedic overview
George Berkeley is credited with the development of subjective idealism.
Subjective idealism, or empirical idealism or immaterialism, is a form of ontological monism that holds that only minds and mental contents exist. It entails and is generally identified or associated with immaterialism, the doctrine that material things do not exist. Subjective idealism rejects dualism, neutral monism, and materialism; it is the contrary of eliminative materialism, the doctrine that all or some classes of mental phenomena (such as emotions, beliefs, or desires) do not exist, but are sheer illusions.
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