Pedants corner: Criticising Berkeley on the grounds that "many of his epistemological premises lead one straight to solipsism" is a bit like criticising Darwin on the grounds that his premises lead one straight to evolution.

What I mean is, solipsism is what his whole philosophical argument is about, it's not an unintended by product.

"Check your premises" - sounds like the kind of advice they have in Crime Prevention leaflets. "Make sure there are sound locks on all doors and windows..."