Solipsism
Solipsism (
i/ˈsɒlᵻpsɪzəm/; from Latin solus, meaning "alone", and ipse, meaning "self") is the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist. As an epistemological position, solipsism holds that knowledge of anything outside one's own mind is unsure; the external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist outside of the mind. As a metaphysical position, solipsism goes further to the conclusion that the world and other minds do not exist.
Varieties
There are varying degrees of solipsism that parallel the varying degrees of serious skepticism.
Metaphysical solipsism
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. There are weaker versions of metaphysical solipsism, such as Caspar Hare's egocentric presentism (or perspectival realism), in which other people are conscious but their experiences are simply not present.
Podcasts:
Solipsism
ALBUMS
- Weaving Spiders released: 2012
- Habitual Hybrids released: 2012
- Soliloquy released: 2012
- Refract Me, Don't Subtract Me released: 2011
- Galactic Didactic released: 2011
- It Could Be Clouds released: 2010
- Alien Genome Project released: 2010
Solipsism
by: Motions & MilesYou are patient now with our unspoken agreements
and my inability to hold on to anything
I’m breaking our bonds, temptations beyond sentiment
absorbing everything while we consistently flow inconsistent and out of reach.
At night you sit and talk to God, did he ever respond?
You've got a million dollar frame with nothing to display
I really hope he'd understand or know the struggles of a man
It's in my blood it wasn't planned
I realize that sex is not synonymous with love
but in retrospect it's the only proof that i’m not numb
At night you sit and talk to God, did he ever respond?
You've got a million dollar frame with nothing to display
I really hope he'd understand or know the struggles of a man