Berkeleianism

[bɑ:'kli:ənizəm]

Definition

n. the philosophy of Bishop Berkeley (1685-1753) who maintained that the world we see and touch is not an abstract independent substance of which conscious mind may be an effect but is the very world which is presented to our senses and which depends for its actuality on being perceived.—adj. and n. Berkelei′an.

Typist: Miguel