According to Berkeley, it is __________ that sensible objects like houses, mountains, and rivers exist independently from being perceived.
A) Certainly true.
B) Contradictory to believe.
C) Reasonable to infer.
D) None of the above.

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Berkeley famously argued that to be is to be perceived (esse est percipi). He believed that sensible objects cannot exist independently of being perceived by a mind. Therefore, it is contradictory to Berkeley's philosophy to believe that objects like houses, mountains, and rivers exist independently from being perceived.

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