George Berkeley (/ˈbɑrkleɪ/; 12 March 1685 – 14 January 1753) also known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne) was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called immaterialism (later referred to as subjective idealism by others).
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birth date
1685-03-12
birth place
Ireland, County Kilkenny
death date
1753-01-14
death place
Oxford
era
Age of Enlightenment
main interest
Epistemology, Metaphysics, Perception, Philosophy of language
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