According to Berkeley, placing your cold left hand and your warm right hand in a lukewarm bucket of water proves that
A) water can be both hot and cold simultaneously.
B) water cannot be both hot and cold simultaneously.
C) the warmth and cold I feel are in the water.
D) the warmth and cold I feel are not in the water.

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Berkeley would argue that the warmth and cold are not properties of the water itself, but rather perceptions in the mind of the person feeling the water. This example illustrates his idealist philosophy, which holds that the existence of objects and their characteristics are dependent on being perceived.

According to Berkeley, Placing Your Cold Left Hand and Your