Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
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Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous is a philosophical work by George Berkeley that presents his arguments for immaterialism and critiques of skepticism through a conversational dialogue format.
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| Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous canonical | 5 |
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Target entity: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous Context triple: [George Berkeley, notableWork, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous]
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A.
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that presents a skeptical examination of arguments for the existence and nature of God through a series of fictional dialogues.
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B.
Meditations on First Philosophy
Meditations on First Philosophy is René Descartes’ foundational philosophical treatise in which he employs radical doubt to establish certain knowledge and famously argues for the distinction between mind and body.
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is John Locke’s foundational philosophical work that explores the origins, limits, and nature of human knowledge and helped shape Enlightenment thought.
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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge is George Berkeley’s seminal philosophical work in which he develops his idealist theory that reality consists only of minds and their ideas, denying the existence of material substance.
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E.
Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
Tractatus Theologico-Politicus is a 17th-century philosophical and political treatise by Baruch Spinoza that defends freedom of thought and expression while offering a critical, rational interpretation of Scripture and religion’s role in the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous Target entity description: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous is a philosophical work by George Berkeley that presents his arguments for immaterialism and critiques of skepticism through a conversational dialogue format.
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A.
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that presents a skeptical examination of arguments for the existence and nature of God through a series of fictional dialogues.
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B.
Meditations on First Philosophy
Meditations on First Philosophy is René Descartes’ foundational philosophical treatise in which he employs radical doubt to establish certain knowledge and famously argues for the distinction between mind and body.
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C.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is John Locke’s foundational philosophical work that explores the origins, limits, and nature of human knowledge and helped shape Enlightenment thought.
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D.
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge is George Berkeley’s seminal philosophical work in which he develops his idealist theory that reality consists only of minds and their ideas, denying the existence of material substance.
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E.
Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
Tractatus Theologico-Politicus is a 17th-century philosophical and political treatise by Baruch Spinoza that defends freedom of thought and expression while offering a critical, rational interpretation of Scripture and religion’s role in the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialogue
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addressesTopic |
existence of external objects
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nature of perception ⓘ relation between mind and world ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
dispel skeptical doubts
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make immaterialism plausible ⓘ |
| author | George Berkeley ⓘ |
| centralDoctrine | esse est percipi ⓘ |
| character |
Hylas
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Philonous ⓘ |
| characterRoleOfHylas |
materialist interlocutor
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skeptic ⓘ |
| characterRoleOfPhilonous |
defender of immaterialism
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spokesman for Berkeley’s views ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| critiques |
material substance
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philosophical skepticism ⓘ representative theory of perception ⓘ |
| defends |
direct realism about perception
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existence of minds and ideas only ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1713 ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalMethod | dialectical argument ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced | later idealist philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dialogue ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of skepticism
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immaterialism ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | conversational dialogue ⓘ |
| numberOfDialogues | 3 ⓘ |
| philosophicalDomain |
epistemology
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metaphysics ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluenceOnWork |
John Locke
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early modern empiricism ⓘ |
| philosophicalPositionDefended | idealism ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | empiricism ⓘ |
| philosophicalStanceOfHylas | defender of common materialist views ⓘ |
| philosophicalStanceOfPhilonous | critic of materialism ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| relatedWorkBySameAuthor | A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge ⓘ |
| respondsTo | Lockean representationalism ⓘ |
| setting | outdoor conversation ⓘ |
| workStructure | three successive conversations ⓘ |
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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
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An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision
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Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
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