...dependence on my will. When in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects...therefore some other will or spirit that produces them. (PHK 29) In order to secure his commonsense realism, it is necessary that objects of immediate sense...

...dependence on my will. When in broad day-light I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects...therefore some other will or spirit that produces them.31 If I were not identical to my will, I would not be able to draw the conclusion that anything...

...be without in a being distinct from ourselves." The ideas imprinted on my senses, he argues further, "are not creatures of my will; there is, therefore, some other will or spirit that produces them." Berkeleian Idealism, then, affirms the principle of causality, and thereby proves the existence of...

...Berkeley understand by a Cause? Critically discuss the following : " The ideas actually perceived by Sense are not creatures of my Will. There is therefore some other Will or Spirit that produces them." 3. Discuss Berkeley's doctrine of a spiritual substance in the light of the criticism directed upon...

...upon the world. ' When in hroad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects shall present themselves to my view.' — (Berkeley on " Human Knowledge," Art. xxxix.) In action, on the contrary, I am able to determine...