Harry Hindu
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If solipsism is true, then I am the solipsist and you all wouldnt even be mindless zombies. You all would simply be mindless strings of scribbles on a screen.
If solipsism is true, then why would it seem like I am just another human with a mind in the world? How and why would this illusion of a world with other minds exist? — Harry Hindu
Harry Hindu
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↪Frank Apisa
wasnt that essentially the point of my post? I know that I have a mind. Therefore, if solipsism is true, I would be the solipsist. I don't need to prove to you that I have a mind for me to know that I have a mind. — Harry Hindu
Being solipsistic, by the way, does not mean denying that others exist. It simply means that I can only KNOW that I exist. You may actually exist. I cannot know it. I cannot know my wife exists...or my closest friends. But, of course, they may. — Frank Apisa
As a metaphysical position, solipsism goes further to the conclusion that the world and other minds do not exist. This extreme position is claimed to be irrefutable, as the solipsist believes to be the only true authority, all others being creations of their own mind. — wikipedia
I can't convince ↪Terrapin Station
that goading me into writing more than him isn't a good goal, — boethius
For one, there are no facts regarding whether something is good or not. It rather refers to a way that we feel. — Terrapin Station
That's not true. A solipsist can always doubt his free will. :gasp: — Shamshir
If he can doubt, he can doubt his doubt.But can he doubt his doubting? — Merkwurdichliebe
But can he doubt his doubting?
— Merkwurdichliebe
If he can doubt, he can doubt his doubt.
And if he can doubt his doubt, he is intrinsically doing so. — Shamshir
Yeah, basically "If solipsism is true, then only I exist or at least I can only know that I exist. But I don't believe this. So either solipsism isn't true or no one believes it, no one believes there's any good reason to entertain it, and so there's no reason to worry about it/waste any time on it." — Terrapin Station
doubt is impossible, regardless if you're a solipsist or not. — Shamshir
If that follows - it follows that regardless if you're a solipsist or not, your doubt is just nuanced certainty.But then he is only doubting, which again he cannot doubt. — Merkwurdichliebe
Well, regardless if you're a solipsist or not, when doubting - you are certain of your doubt. So at all times of doubt, you implore and explore certainty and its possibilities.
...your doubt is just nuanced certainty. — Shamshir
Aren't they both certain and nuanced?The first mode of doubting is a nuanced certainty -
dependent on the epistemic status of my doubting. The second mode is a certain certainty - it is existentially bound to my immediacy, and independent of epistemic concerns. — Merkwurdichliebe
Aren't they both certain and nuanced?
Both are immediate and both are dependent.
Whichever you remove, you would be removing the whole thing; no? — Shamshir
But that would mean the configuration and recognition of cards is independent of its immediate certainty; is it?The certainty of immediacy is independent of the configuration of the cards, and even of the recognition of cards. — Merkwurdichliebe
I'd actually stop at 'As soon as the solipsist projects'.As soon as the solipsist projects beyond his immediacy, he is no longer solipsist. — Merkwurdichliebe
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