Sorry that this is late being posted.

Read ch 6 for Tuesday.

Representationalism
Locke endorses. Which View? A. Direct Realism, B. Representationalism, C. Phenomenalism

Things/Substances: (according to Locke) are represented in the mind by complex ideas. Qualities: are represented in the mind by simple ideas.

Reality | Mental Representations
Things/Qualities | Complex/Simple ideas
Quality of furriness | Simple idea of furriness
Quality of greeness | Simple idea of greeness

A cat(thing): Complex idea of a cat (composed of simple ideas, furriness, purring)

Locke's "substance" concept seems at odds with empiricism.
Concession to common sense: we can't conceive of qualities existing by themselves, so we suppose a substance in which they exist.

Three major Empiricists
Locke-moderate empiricist; Berkeley- extreme empiricist; Hume-radical(really extreme) empiricist

Locke: <<--(tree)
:)(person) -----(sees) <<--
Berkeley: }*{ (soul/mind) ----(sees)-- (god) <<-- (idea of a tree)
"To be is to be perceived" -So called material objects?
X exists, means X is perceived by some mind. X= Some type of idea.
Things are collections of ideas or qualities.
Things are Locke's "complex ideas"

A posteriori idea
I know I exist as a mind though my experience of "willing" (making decisions, following through an intention)

Proof of God?
We know there's a God through our experiences (source of ideas and cause and effect) God and/or other minds are self-aware (perceive themselves)
Do we experience an infinite being? Possibly not. Or just a very powerful one?