The same “that sounds silly” heuristic that helps you reject Berkeley’s argument (when it’s fringe and ‘wears its absurdity on its sleeve’) helps you accept 19th-century idealists’ versions of the argument (when it’s respectable and framed as the modern/scientific/practical/educated/consensus view on the issue).
Well, maybe that is right. You haven’t really argued against sophisticated idealism, or noticed that scientific realism has dumb forms.
Well, maybe that is right. You haven’t really argued against sophisticated idealism, or noticed that scientific realism has dumb forms.