Berkeley: Empiricist or Rationalist? - A Disquisition
Christopher A. Udofia *
Department of Philosophy, University of Calabar, P.M.B. 1115, Calabar, Nigeria.
Ephraim A. Ikegbu
Department of Philosophy, University of Calabar, P.M.B. 1115, Calabar, Nigeria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Principally, the onus of this research is to determine Berkeley as an empiricist or a rationalist. The thesis of the work is that he is prima facie warrantedly and justifiably, as gleaned from his philosophy, a rationalist than an empiricist. This work shall attempt an elaborate defence of this thesis in the discourse and conclude substantially on a thought provocative paradoxical note.
Keywords: Berkeley, empiricism, rationalism.