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<p>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 <em><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4724/4724-h/4724-h.htm">First Dialogue of Hylas and Philonous</a></em>:</p>
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<p>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</p>
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<p>Phil.: Do you not in a dream too perceive those or like objects?</p>
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<p>Hyl.: I do.</p>
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<p>Phil.: And have they not then the same appearance of distance?</p>
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<p>Hyl.: They have.</p>
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<p>Phil.: But you do not thence conclude the apparitions in a dream to be without the mind?</p>
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<p>Hyl.: By no means.</p>
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<p>Phil.: You ought not therefore to conclude that sensible objects are without the mind, from their appearance or manner wherein they are percieved.</p>
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<p>Hyl.: I acknowledge it.</p>
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