Berkeley's Refutation of Descartes Persuasive Essay by Shaad

In this article, the writer shows that George Berkeley successfully refutes Descartes' argument that material objects have an existence separate from the mind and ideas. The writer maintains that Berkeley introduces systematic doubt, the same way that Descartes does. But instead of concluding that God is a deceiver, he proposes that perception must necessarily be imperfect. The writer discusses Berkeley's belief that material objects exist in the mind of God, and there can be no existence apart from perceiver and perceived. The writer concludes that Descartes' argument concerning the deception of God is a fallacy and that Berkeley successfully refutes Descartes' proposition.