George Berkeley -Why Does Philonous Think That the Support for Immaterialism Outweighs

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Multiple Choice

George Berkeley
-Why does Philonous think that the support for immaterialism outweighs that for materialism?

• A)The proofs of existence for the existence of the immaterial are stronger than those for the existence of the material
• B)Though there exist proofs for and against the existence of immaterial entities,there exist no proofs of the existence of matter.
• C)There exist no proofs against the existence of immaterial entities.
• D)None of the above

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