John Locke was a seventeenth century philosopher. In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding Locke makes the argument that the mind and body both exist and that they both interact with each other. However, in explaining his reasoning for his theory Locke raises some issues that are not backed with good reasoning. George Berkeley, another philosopher from the same time period, identifies Locke's flaws in his theory and presents his own theories that resolve the problems …
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…that is omniscient. He gives no logic to how or why God exists, but at the time period it was unquestionable that God did exist. Otherwise, Berkeley provides good reasoning behind how Locke was incorrect in his assumptions and how "common sense" logic is the best we can do to explain what and how we know. We know what is perceived there is no denying that matter may exist, however we cannot prove this theory.