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...
| Título de la revista: | Ideas y Valores |
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| 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 |
