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George Berkeley is fundamentally linked to the concept of the mind because he argued that material substance does not exist outside of it [1]. Furthermore, he proposed that the physical world is a construct of experience created by God within the mental realm, thereby negating the need for a mind-body interaction [2].
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Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 2 facts
claimGeorge Berkeley rejected the existence of material substance because he rejected the existence of anything outside the mind.
perspectiveGeorge Berkeley suggested that once genuine interaction between mind and body is ruled out, it is best to allow that God creates the physical world directly within the mental realm as a construct of experience.