1. The English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson once said something like the following as he kicked a rock: “There! I thus refute Berkeley!” Would this show that Berkeley’s idealism is false? Why? 2....

1. The English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson once said something like the following as he kicked a rock: “There! I thus refute Berkeley!” Would this show that Berkeley’s idealism is false? Why?

2. Berkeley’s idealism is very different from the way we usually think of the world, but does it make any practical difference? Would anything be different for you if Berkeley is correct? Should you do anything differently?