"The Refutation of Idealism" (1903) is considered by some historians of philosophy as starting- point of analytic philosophy. In this paper, Moore argued that there is a crucial premise that is essential to all possible arguments for the idealistic conclusion that "All reality is mental (spiritual)". This premise is: "To be is to be perceived" (in the broad sense of 'perceive'). Moore argued that, under every possible interpretation of it, that pemise is either a tautology or false; hence no significant conclusion can ever be inferred from it. As a result of Moore argument, idealism was replaced with realism in contemporary western philosophy.
George Edward Moore(author),M. G. (2006). The Refutation of Idealism. Philosophy of Religion Research, 4(2), 159-188. doi: 10.30497/prr.2012.1186
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