Idealists, Materialists and Dualists, Part 3 to the Life & Works of John Locke
The elementary question to be asked by all philosophers is, "what is the nature and ultimate significance of the universe." As things developed in philosophy, three camps emerged: there were those who hold reality subsists only in thought -- these are idealists; those who hold reality to subsist in only matter -- these are materialists; and those who hold that reality subsists both in thought and in matter -- these are dualists.
