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Solipsism

Solipsism (/ˈsɒlɪpsɪzəm/ ⓘ SOLL-ip-siz-əm; from Latin sōlus 'alone' and ipse 'self') is the philosophical position that only one's own mind is certain to exist. It holds that knowledge of anything outside one's own mind, including the external world and other minds, is uncertain and cannot be conclusively known.

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related to Further reading · 81
Solipsism → Adams, Anthony, Arcturus, Bertrand, Blackwell, Bradley, Carhart, Chartwell Books, Company, CS1, Dagobert, Death, Dictionary, Dowden, Eccles, English Language, Europe, Foulsham, Frederick, Germany
related to Philosophy of time · 15
Solipsism → A-theory, According, B-theory, Conitzer, Event, Experience, Hare, He, In, It, Perspective, The Personalized A-Theory, Time, Vincent Conitzer, Within Caspar Hare's
related to Cartesian dualism · 12
Solipsism → Descartes, Dualists, First Philosophy, From, God, Leibniz's, Meditations, One, René Descartes, The, The Descartes, There
related to Falsifiability and testability · 12
Solipsism → According, An, But, David Deutsch, Deutsch, If, It, Karl Popper, Of, One, Popper, The
related to Buddhism · 9
Solipsism → Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, Some, The, The Buddha, This, Whilst, Within
related to Hinduism · 9
Solipsism → Advaita Vedanta, After, BC, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Hindu, Indian, Samkhya, The, The Upanishad
related to Philosophy of identity · 8
Solipsism → A-theory, Caspar Hare, Christian List, He, Hellie's, List, Some, Vincent Conitzer
see also · 8
Solipsism → AbderaQualiaSolipsism, Consensus, EggThe Truman Show, Heinlein's World, John Locke's, MythAlfred Binet AnathemaAntiscienceAseityBoltzmann, Philosophy, SatanismMetaphysical
related to Criticism · 7
Solipsism → Arthur Schopenhauer, Bertrand Russell, Christine Ladd-Franklin, Coming, He, Martin Gardner, Mrs
related to Methodological · 7
Solipsism → It, Methodological, Often, Only, René Descartes' Cartesian, The, They

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mind world external reality philosophy one exist self consciousness ideas existence idealism philosophical also certain exists experience could minds cannot

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Solipsismis aagnostic variant of solipsism0.90text
Descartes' epistemological enterprise brought to popularity the idea that all certain knowledge may go no further thaninstance ofWell-known frameworks0.80text
Thomas Hobbesinstance ofHistoryOrigins of solipsist thought are found in Enlightenment thinkers0.80text
Descartes.René DescartesThe foundations of solipsism are in turn the foundations of the view that the individual's understanding of anyinstance ofHistoryOrigins of solipsist thought are found in Enlightenment thinkers0.80text
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