# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:32:44.273Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  George Berkeley published An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision in 1709, arguing that sight perceives light and colour, not material objects. A year later came A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, which flopped, so he rewrote it as Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous in 1713 — a debate where Philonous, "lover of mind," dismantles the case for material substance. He challenged Newton's absolute space and time in De Motu (1721), prefiguring Einstein, then turned to Christian apologetics in Alciphron (1732) and a critique of calculus in The Analyst (1734) that reshaped mathematics. He died in Oxford in 1753 and was buried in Christ Church Cathedral. After World War II, his work on perception and language found new traction, and earlier American fascination had already put his name on a California city and university.