Berkeley's God is a positive metaphysical entity necessarily existing and knowable through reason; Kant's things-in-themselves are structurally indeterminate and epistemically opaque by design.

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Berkeley(as the author being discussed): George Berkeley was an Irish philosopher from the 1600s-1700s who argued that physical objects don't exist independently of being perceived—they only exist because someone is thinking about or observing them.
By design(as emphasizing that the matching of control measures must be deliberate): Intentionally created or set up that way, rather than by accident.
Epistemically opaque(describing God's reasons in the statement): Something that we cannot know or understand through our normal ways of knowing; basically, it's impossible for us to figure out or see the reasons behind it.
Kant(as used in epistemology and metaphysics): Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was an influential German philosopher who argued that our minds shape how we experience reality, and that we can only truly know things as they appear to us, not as they are in themselves.

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Necessarily existing(as used in metaphysics)

Something that must exist and cannot fail to exist. For example, mathematicians often argue that the number 2 necessarily exists—it couldn't have failed to be real.

knowable through reason(describing how we can know Berkeley's God)

Something we can understand and learn about by using logic and thinking, rather than only through our five senses or experience.

metaphysical entity(describing what Berkeley's God is)

Something that exists in reality itself, beyond just our thoughts or perceptions—a real thing in the fundamental nature of existence.

structurally indeterminate(describing Kant's things-in-themselves)

Having no definite shape, properties, or characteristics that we can pin down or understand—essentially, we can't describe what it's like.

things-in-themselves(Kantian metaphysics)

The intrinsic nature of objects as they exist independently of human perception and cognition, about which Kant claims we lack substantive knowledge

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