In his critique of Locke, Berkeley argues that primary qualities cannot legitimately be distinguished from secondary qualities because primary qualities depend as much on perception as do secondary qualities.

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Berkeley argues that both primary and secondary qualities are perceived through the senses and thus cannot be fundamentally distinguished; both depend on the perceiver's mind, challenging Locke's distinction where primary qualities were thought to exist independently of perception.

In His Critique of Locke, Berkeley Argues That Primary Qualities