Borges and the Refutation of Idealism: A Study of "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"

Borges and the Refutation of Idealism: A Study of "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"

This paper tries to demónstrate that Borges' celebrated story, "Tlón, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," contains a reductio ad absurdum argument of a form of subjective idealísm usually associated with Berkeley. To show the íncoherences that result from the idealísm of Berkeley, Borges makes use of ideas which...

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Título de la revista: Ideas y Valores
Autor: John Stewart
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Idioma: Español
Enlace del documento: http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/21819
Tipo de recurso: Documento de revista
Fuente: Ideas y Valores; Vol 45, No 101 (Año 1996).
Entidad editora: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Derechos de uso: Reconocimiento - NoComercial - SinObraDerivada (by-nc-nd)
Materias: Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades --> Filosofía