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# On the First Dialogue of Hylas and Philonous

The argument that our perception of a ‘real world’ does not prove its existence is not new, of course. Here is a classic statement of a similar argument from BerkeIey’s First Dialogue of Hylas and Philonous:

> Hyl.: Do we not perceive the stars and moon, for example, to be a A great way off? Is not this, I say, manifest to the senses? I

> Phil.: Do you not in a dream too perceive those or like objects?

> Hyl.: I do.

> Phil.: And have they not then the same appearance of distance?

> Hyl.: They have.

> Phil.: But you do not thence conclude the apparitions in a dream to be without the mind?

> Hyl.: By no means.

> Phil.: You ought not therefore to conclude that sensible objects are without the mind, from their appearance or manner wherein they are percieved.

> Hyl.: I acknowledge it.