Berkeley was certainly an influence on Beckett. As for PKD his stated
philosophical influences include his combination of the pre-Socratics
Parmenides and Heraclitus, see
http://deoxy.org/pkd_how2build.htm
"The pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Parmenides taught that the only
things that are real are things which never change... and the pre-
Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus taught that everything changes.
If you superimpose their two views, you get this result: Nothing is
real. There is a fascinating next step to this line of thinking:
Parmenides could never have existed because he grew old and died and
disappeared, so, according to his own philosophy, he did not exist. And
Heraclitus may have been right—let's not forget that; so if Heraclitus
was right, then Parmenides did exist, and therefore, according to
Heraclitus' philosophy, perhaps Parmenides was right, since Parmenides
fulfilled the conditions, the criteria, by which Heraclitus judged
things real."
Ben
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From: Henry Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:07 pm
Subject: Re: FILM-influence
> This is somewhat speculative, but Bishop Berkeley would seem to be
> of
> interest in some of the more 'fanciful' science fiction,
> especially
> when based on works by PKD.
>
> Henry
>
>
>
>
> > You might want to consult Robert Sinnerbrink's recent article in
> Film-
> > Philosophy, which looks at the relation of Heidegger to Malick
> (and is
> > an excellent piece of work).
> > http://www.film-philosophy.com/2006v10n3/sinnerbrink.pdf
> > Ben
> >
> >
> >
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