The Philosophy of G.E. Moore - Modern Western Philosophy (Philosophy)

Practice Philosophy and complete notes: https://www.doorsteptutor.com/Exams/U... For long answers: https://www.doorsteptutor.com/Exams/I... NTA NET Paper 1 Online Crash Course - https://www.doorsteptutor.com/Exams/U... NTA NET Paper 1 Mock papers - https://www.doorsteptutor.com/Exams/U... NTA NET Paper 1 Practice questions - https://www.doorsteptutor.com/Exams/U... NTA NET Paper 1 Postal Course - https://www.examrace.com/NTA-UGC-NET/... Introduction : Moore was an analyst and propounded his philosophical ideas in the form of detailed philosophical pieces theorising on a unitary theme or an idea (one single). The way of doing philosophy according to Moore is to examine and discuss an idea in exclusion from all the other things and avoid mixing up of one idea with another. In other words, he always treated a single idea and not a bunch of ideas together, he analysed a single idea from all possible ways, exhausting it from all directions and all possible angles. This process in philosophy is called analysis, and Moore was an analyst. He wrote a number of literary works in the form of essays and articles but the most important article of his is entitled, ‘Refutation of Idealism’ which appeared in MIND in London, 1903. In his literary works, he critiques the concept of Idealism (specially Berkeley’s philosophy). Refutation of Idealism: Moore rejects Idealism. According to Idealism, to be is to be perceived or Esse Est Percipi. This means that the objects in the external world cannot exist without being perceived. Moore advocated that existence of the objects in the world do not depend in any way upon human perception. Moore attacks Idealism and comes up with an effective rebuttal of the proposition, “To be is to be Perceived or Esse Est Percipi,” He does this in his article entitled, “Refutation of Idealism”. Defence of Common Sense Philosophy: Moore proves that the idealist argument, ‘to be is to be perceived’ is not self evident in nature. So, Moore says, for example, when we are in a garden, we see that the grass is green and the sky is blue. We come to understand that green and blue are not the same, they are different from each other. This distinction is not due to awareness or sensation because the visual mechanism followed is the same in the case when we see the grass and when we see the sky. So, it is important to note that the distinction between the two is due to the difference being in between the green and the blue objects. Hence, from this we follow that there is a disunion between awareness or sensation and the content of awareness or sensation. #Moore #common #sense #philosophy #analysis #idealism NCERT, Yojana, Kurukshetra, Down to Earth, Science, Social Studies and More interesting topics subscribe at Examrace:    / examrace   NCERT, Yojana, Kurukshetra, Down to Earth, Science, Social Studies and More interesting topics subscribe at ExamraceHindi:    / examracehindi   For kids videos subscribe to FunProf:    / funprof   For Science Class 11-12 and important topics subscribe to DoorStepTutor:    / doorsteptutor   Introduction @0:07 Refutation of Idealism @1:16 1. Analytic Propositions @2:18 2. Synthetic Propositions @3:22 Propositions @4:01 Moore Avers @4:24 Defence of Common Sense Philosophy @5:56 0:00 Introduction 0:02 MODERN WESTERN PHILOSOPHY 0:07 Introduction 1:16 Refutation of Idealism 2:19 1. Analytic Propositions 3:20 2. Synthetic Propositions 5:56 Defence of Common Sense Philosophy #ugcnet #doorsteptutor #examrace