Editing Solipsism (section)

===Berkeley===
[[File:John Smibert - Bishop George Berkeley - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|Portrait of [[George Berkeley]] by [[John Smybert]], 1727]]

[[George Berkeley]]'s arguments against [[materialism]] in favour of [[idealism]] provide the solipsist with a number of arguments not found in Descartes. While Descartes defends ontological [[mind-body dualism|dualism]], thus accepting the existence of a material world (''[[res extensa]]'') as well as immaterial minds (''[[res cogitans]]'') and God, Berkeley denies the existence of matter but not minds, of which God is one.<ref name="Jones2009">{{cite book|first1=N.|last1=Jones|first2=G.|last2=Berkeley|year=2009|title=Starting with Berkeley|publisher=Continuum|isbn=978-1-84706-186-7|lccn=2008053026|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G6ukEYxbW5UC&pg=PA105|page=105}}</ref>