George Berkeley's philosophy of subjective idealism, which holds that material objects have no independent being but exist only as concepts in God's mind and as perceptions of those concepts in other minds.
Berke′le·ian adj. & n.
(Philosophy) the philosophical system of George Berkeley, holding that objects exist only when perceived, that God's perception sustains the universe, and that there is no independent substratum or substance in which these perceptions inhere
the philosophy and beliefs of George Berkeley denying the existence of the real world. — Berkeleian, n., adj.See also: Philosophy
the system of philosophical idealism developed by George Berkeley (1685?-1753), especially his tenet that the physical world does not have an independent reality but exists as a perception of the divine mind and the flnite mind of man. Also Berkeleyism. — Berkeleian, Berkeleyan, n., adj.See also: Perception