Realisms and Idealisms - Epistemology Video 26

This is video 26 in an introductory course on epistemology, the philosophy of knowledge. In this video, we continue our discussion of perception by looking at several important alternatives to direct realism:

1. The 'indirect realism' of John Locke and René Descartes (1596 - 1650)
2. The 'material idealism' of George Berkeley (1685–1753)
3. The 'formal realism' of Mary Shepherd (1777-1847)

In the next video, we well discuss the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant (1724–1804).

Victor Gijsbers teaches philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands. You can follow him on mastodon: @[email protected].

This video is part of a lecture series originally recorded for my students during the 2023/2024 spring semester. The entire playlist is here: Course in Epistemology