Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Solipsism

Definition:

Noun
The view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist

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Metaphysical solipsism is the "strongest" variety of solipsism

Epistemological solipsism is the variety of idealism according to which only the directly accessible mental contents of the solipsistic philosopher can be known. The existence of an external world is regarded as an unresolvable question rather than actually false.

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Solipsism

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 Solipsism is the view or theory that the self is all tha can be known to exist. As a metaphysical position, solipsism goes further to the conclusion that the world and other minds do not exist. Metaphysical solipsism is the "strongest" variety of solipsism. Based on a philosophy of subjective idealism, metaphysical solipsists maintain that the self is the only existing reality and that all other reality, including the external world and other persons, are representations of that self, and have no independent existence.


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