Solipsism, the Glossary
Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only one's mind is sure to exist.[1]
Table of Contents
155 relations: Absolute (philosophy), Abstraction, Adi Shankara, Advaita Vedanta, Agnosticism, Alfred Binet, Analogy, Anathema, Ancient Rome, Antiscience, Arthur Schopenhauer, Aseity, Ātman (Hinduism), Bardo Thodol, Bertrand Russell, Boltzmann brain, Brahman, Brain in a vat, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Buddhist philosophy, Cartesian doubt, Centered world, Certainty, Chandrakirti, Christine Ladd-Franklin, Cogito, ergo sum, Cognitive closure (philosophy), Consciousness, Consensus reality, Cotard's syndrome, David Deutsch, Developmental psychology, Dream argument, Egocentric predicament, Egocentric presentism, Eliminative materialism, Empiricism, Ephemerality, Epistemology, Ethical solipsism, Existential nihilism, Explanatory power, Externism, Falsifiability, Future History (Heinlein), Gaudapada, George Berkeley, Gorgias, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Henry Rollins, ... Expand index (105 more) »
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Absolute (philosophy)
In philosophy (often specifically metaphysics), the absolute, in most common usage, is a perfect, self-sufficient reality that depends upon nothing external to itself. Solipsism and absolute (philosophy) are idealism.
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Abstraction
Abstraction is a process wherein general rules and concepts are derived from the usage and classification of specific examples, literal (real or concrete) signifiers, first principles, or other methods.
Adi Shankara
Adi Shankara (8th c. CE), also called Adi Shankaracharya (lit), was an Indian Vedic scholar and teacher (acharya) of Advaita Vedanta.
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Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta (अद्वैत वेदान्त) is a Hindu tradition of textual exegesis and philosophy and a Hindu sādhanā, a path of spiritual discipline and experience.
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Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, the divine, or the supernatural is either unknowable in principle or currently unknown in fact. Solipsism and Agnosticism are epistemological theories.
Alfred Binet
Alfred Binet (8 July 1857 – 18 October 1911), born Alfredo Binetti, was a French psychologist who together with Théodore Simon invented the first practical intelligence test, the Binet–Simon test.
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Analogy
Analogy is a comparison or correspondence between two things (or two groups of things) because of a third element that they are considered to share.
Anathema
The word anathema has two main meanings.
Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
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Antiscience
Antiscience is a set of attitudes that involve a rejection of science and the scientific method.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher.
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Aseity
Aseity (from Latin "from" and "self", plus -ity) is the property by which a being exists of and from itself.
Ātman (Hinduism)
Ātman (आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit word for the true or eternal Self or the self-existent essence or impersonal witness-consciousness within each individual.
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Bardo Thodol
The Bardo Thodol ('Liberation through hearing during the intermediate state'), commonly known in the West as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, is a terma text from a larger corpus of teachings, the Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones, revealed by Karma Lingpa (1326–1386).
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Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, logician, philosopher, and public intellectual.
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Boltzmann brain
The Boltzmann brain thought experiment suggests that it might be more likely for a single brain to spontaneously form in space, complete with a memory of having existed in our universe, rather than for the entire universe to come about in the manner cosmologists think it actually did.
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Brahman
In Hinduism, Brahman (ब्रह्मन्; IAST: Brahman) connotes the highest universal principle, the Ultimate Reality of the universe.
Brain in a vat
In philosophy, the brain in a vat (BIV) is a scenario used in a variety of thought experiments intended to draw out certain features of human conceptions of knowledge, reality, truth, mind, consciousness, and meaning.
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्) is one of the Principal Upanishads and one of the first Upanishadic scriptures of Hinduism.
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Buddhist philosophy
Buddhist philosophy is the ancient Indian philosophical system that developed within the religio-philosophical tradition of Buddhism.
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Cartesian doubt
Cartesian doubt is a form of methodological skepticism associated with the writings and methodology of René Descartes (March 31, 1596February 11, 1650). Solipsism and Cartesian doubt are epistemological theories and theory of mind.
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Centered world
A centered world, according to David Kellogg Lewis, consists of (1) a possible world, (2) an agent in that world, and (3) a time in that world. Solipsism and centered world are metaphysics of mind and theory of mind.
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Certainty
Certainty (also known as epistemic certainty or objective certainty) is the epistemic property of beliefs which a person has no rational grounds for doubting.
Chandrakirti
Chandrakirti (Sanskrit: चंद्रकीर्ति;;, meaning "glory of the moon" in Sanskrit) or "Chandra" was a Buddhist scholar of the Madhyamaka school and a noted commentator on the works of Nagarjuna and those of his main disciple, Aryadeva.
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Christine Ladd-Franklin
Christine Ladd-Franklin (December 1, 1847 – March 5, 1930) was an American psychologist, logician, and mathematician.
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Cogito, ergo sum
The Latin cogito, ergo sum, usually translated into English as "I think, therefore I am", is the "first principle" of René Descartes's philosophy.
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Cognitive closure (philosophy)
In philosophy of science and philosophy of mind, cognitive closure is the proposition that human minds are constitutionally incapable of solving certain perennial philosophical problems.
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Consciousness
Consciousness, at its simplest, is awareness of internal and external existence. Solipsism and Consciousness are metaphysics of mind and theory of mind.
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Consensus reality
Consensus reality refers to the generally agreed-upon version of reality within a community or society, shaped by shared experiences and understandings.
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Cotard's syndrome
Cotard's syndrome, also known as Cotard's delusion or walking corpse syndrome, is a rare mental disorder in which the affected person holds the delusional belief that they are dead, do not exist, are putrefying, or have lost their blood or internal organs.
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David Deutsch
David Elieser Deutsch (born 18 May 1953) is a British physicist at the University of Oxford.
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Developmental psychology
Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives.
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Dream argument
The dream argument is the postulation that the act of dreaming provides preliminary evidence that the senses we trust to distinguish reality from illusion should not be fully trusted, and therefore, any state that is dependent on our senses should at the very least be carefully examined and rigorously tested to determine whether it is in fact reality.
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Egocentric predicament
Egocentric predicament, a term coined by Ralph Barton Perry in an article (Journal of Philosophy 1910), is the problem of not being able to view reality outside of our own perceptions.
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Egocentric presentism
Egocentric presentism is a form of solipsism introduced by Caspar Hare in which other persons can be conscious, but their experiences are simply not. Solipsism and Egocentric presentism are epistemological theories and metaphysics of mind.
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Eliminative materialism
Eliminative materialism (also called eliminativism) is a materialist position in the philosophy of mind. Solipsism and eliminative materialism are metaphysics of mind.
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Empiricism
In philosophy, empiricism is an epistemological view which holds that true knowledge or justification comes only or primarily from sensory experience and empirical evidence.
Ephemerality
Ephemerality (from the Greek word ἐφήμερος, meaning 'lasting only one day') is the concept of things being transitory, existing only briefly.
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Epistemology
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge.
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Ethical solipsism
Ethical solipsism is a form of personal morality that holds that no other moral judgement exists or matters apart from one's own individual moral judgement.
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Existential nihilism
Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no objective meaning or purpose.
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Explanatory power
Explanatory power is the ability of a hypothesis or theory to explain the subject matter effectively to which it pertains.
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Externism
Externism is a fictional philosophical theory proposed by the fictional Czech genius Jára Cimrman. Solipsism and Externism are epistemological theories.
Falsifiability
Falsifiability (or refutability) is a deductive standard of evaluation of scientific theories and hypotheses, introduced by the philosopher of science Karl Popper in his book The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934). Solipsism and Falsifiability are epistemological theories.
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Future History (Heinlein)
The Future History is a series of stories created by Robert A. Heinlein.
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Gaudapada
Gauḍapāda (Sanskrit: गौडपाद), also referred as Gauḍapādācārya (Sanskrit: गौडपादाचार्य; "Gauḍapāda the Teacher"), was an early medieval era Hindu philosopher and scholar of the ''Advaita'' Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy.
George Berkeley
George Berkeley (12 March 168514 January 1753) – known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne of the Anglican Church of Ireland) – was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism" (later referred to as "subjective idealism" by others).
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Gorgias
Gorgias (Γοργίας; 483–375 BC) was an ancient Greek sophist, pre-Socratic philosopher, and rhetorician who was a native of Leontinoi in Sicily.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (– 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who invented calculus in addition to many other branches of mathematics, such as binary arithmetic, and statistics.
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Henry Rollins
Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter.
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Hindu philosophy
Hindu philosophy or Vedic philosophy is the set of Indian philosophical systems that developed in tandem with the religion of Hinduism during the iron and classical ages of India.
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Idea
In common usage and in philosophy, ideas are the results of thought. Solipsism and idea are idealism.
Idealism
Idealism in philosophy, also known as philosophical idealism or metaphysical idealism, is the set of metaphysical perspectives asserting that, most fundamentally, reality is equivalent to mind, spirit, or consciousness; that reality is entirely a mental construct; or that ideas are the highest type of reality or have the greatest claim to being considered "real".
Identity of indiscernibles
The identity of indiscernibles is an ontological principle that states that there cannot be separate objects or entities that have all their properties in common.
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Illusion
An illusion is a distortion of the senses, which can reveal how the mind normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation.
Indian philosophy
Indian philosophy consists of philosophical traditions of the Indian subcontinent.
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Infant
An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings.
Inference
Inferences are steps in reasoning, moving from premises to logical consequences; etymologically, the word infer means to "carry forward". Solipsism and Inference are metaphysics of mind.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP) is a scholarly online encyclopedia with 880 articles about philosophy, philosophers, and related topics.
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Isha Upanishad
The Isha Upanishad (ईशोपनिषद्), also known as Shri Ishopanishad, Ishavasya Upanishad, or Vajasaneyi Samhita Upanishad, is one of the shortest Upanishads, embedded as the final chapter (adhyāya) of the Shukla Yajurveda.
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John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 7 May 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant.
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Karl Popper
Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator.
Knowledge
Knowledge is an awareness of facts, a familiarity with individuals and situations, or a practical skill.
LaVeyan Satanism
LaVeyan Satanism is the name given to the form of Satanism promoted by American occultist and author Anton LaVey (1930–1997).
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Logic
Logic is the study of correct reasoning.
Madhyamaka
Mādhyamaka ("middle way" or "centrism";; Tibetan: དབུ་མ་པ་; dbu ma pa), otherwise known as Śūnyavāda ("the emptiness doctrine") and Niḥsvabhāvavāda ("the no ''svabhāva'' doctrine"), refers to a tradition of Buddhist philosophy and practice founded by the Indian Buddhist monk and philosopher Nāgārjuna.
Mahayana
Mahāyāna is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices developed in ancient India (onwards).
Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing magic, scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literatureespecially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton.
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Materialism
Materialism is a form of philosophical monism which holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions of material things.
Meditations on First Philosophy
Meditations on First Philosophy, in which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated (Meditationes de Prima Philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et animæ immortalitas demonstratur) is a philosophical treatise by René Descartes first published in Latin in 1641.
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Mental substance
Mental substance, according to the idea held by dualists and idealists, is a non-physical substance of which minds are composed.
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Metaphysical nihilism is the philosophical theory that there might have been no objects at all—that is, that there is a possible world in which there are no objects at all; or at least that there might have been no concrete objects at all, so that even if every possible world contains some objects, there is at least one that contains only abstract objects.
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Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality.
Methodology
In its most common sense, methodology is the study of research methods.
Mind
The mind is what thinks, feels, perceives, imagines, remembers, and wills, encompassing the totality of mental phenomena.
Mind over matter
"Mind over matter" is a phrase that has been used in several contexts, such as mind-centric spiritual doctrines, parapsychology, and philosophy.
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Mind–body dualism
In the philosophy of mind, mind–body dualism denotes either the view that mental phenomena are non-physical,Hart, W. D. 1996. Solipsism and mind–body dualism are metaphysics of mind and theory of mind.
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Mindstream
Mindstream (citta-santāna) in Buddhist philosophy is the moment-to-moment continuum (Sanskrit: saṃtāna) of sense impressions and mental phenomena, which is also described as continuing from one life to another. Solipsism and Mindstream are theory of mind.
Minimalism
In visual arts, music and other media, minimalism was an art movement that began in post–World War II in Western art, and it is most strongly associated with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Model-dependent realism
Model-dependent realism is a view of scientific inquiry that focuses on the role of scientific models of phenomena.
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Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion.
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Neuron
A neuron, neurone, or nerve cell is an excitable cell that fires electric signals called action potentials across a neural network in the nervous system.
Nondualism
Nondualism includes a number of philosophical and spiritual traditions that emphasize the absence of fundamental duality or separation in existence.
Object permanence
Object permanence is the understanding that whether an object can be sensed has no effect on whether it continues to exist (in the mind).
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Objective idealism
Objective idealism is a philosophical theory that affirms the ideal and spiritual nature of the world and conceives of the idea of which the world is made as the objective and rational form in reality rather than as subjective content of the mind or mental representation. Solipsism and objective idealism are idealism.
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Occam's razor
In philosophy, Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; novacula Occami) is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements.
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Omniscience
Omniscience is the capacity to know everything.
Online Etymology Dictionary
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.
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Ontogeny
Ontogeny (also ontogenesis) is the origination and development of an organism (both physical and psychological, e.g., moral development), usually from the time of fertilization of the egg to adult.
Ontology
Ontology is the philosophical study of being.
Open individualism
Open individualism is a view in the philosophy of self, according to which there exists only one numerically identical subject, who is everyone at all times, in the past, present and future. Solipsism and Open individualism are metaphysics of mind and theory of mind.
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Panpsychism
In the philosophy of mind, panpsychism is the view that the mind or a mind-like aspect is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of reality. Solipsism and panpsychism are metaphysics of mind and theory of mind.
Perception
Perception is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment.
Personal horizon
In his book Dream, Death and the Self, J. J. Valberg develops the concept of the personal horizon. Solipsism and personal horizon are epistemological theories, metaphysics of mind and theory of mind.
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Perspectival realism
In Caspar Hare's theory of perspectival realism, there is a defining intrinsic property that the things that are in perceptual awareness have. Solipsism and perspectival realism are epistemological theories, metaphysics of mind and theory of mind.
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Phaneron
The phaneron (Greek φανερός "visible, manifest"Note that φανερόν is the neuter nominative form (see e.g. Wiktionary: φανερός)) is the subject matter of phenomenology, or of what Charles Sanders Peirce later called phaneroscopy.
Phenomenalism
In metaphysics, phenomenalism is the view that physical objects cannot justifiably be said to exist in themselves, but only as perceptual phenomena or sensory stimuli (e.g. redness, hardness, softness, sweetness, etc.) situated in time and in space. Solipsism and phenomenalism are epistemological theories, idealism, metaphysics of mind and theory of mind.
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Philosophical realism
Philosophical realism – usually not treated as a position of its own but as a stance towards other subject matters – is the view that a certain kind of thing (ranging widely from abstract objects like numbers to moral statements to the physical world itself) has mind-independent existence, i.e.
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Philosophical skepticism
Philosophical skepticism (UK spelling: scepticism; from Greek σκέψις skepsis, "inquiry") is a family of philosophical views that question the possibility of knowledge. Solipsism and philosophical skepticism are epistemological theories.
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Philosophical zombie
A philosophical zombie (or "p-zombie") is a being in a thought experiment in the philosophy of mind that is physically identical to a normal human being but does not have conscious experience.
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Philosophy
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.
Philosophy Pathways
Philosophy Pathways is an open access, transparent peer reviewed, electronic journal in philosophy.
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Platonism
Platonism is the philosophy of Plato and philosophical systems closely derived from it, though contemporary Platonists do not necessarily accept all doctrines of Plato. Solipsism and Platonism are idealism.
Post-structuralism
Post-structuralism is a philosophical movement that questions the objectivity or stability of the various interpretive structures that are posited by structuralism and considers them to be constituted by broader systems of power.
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Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a term used to refer to a variety of artistic, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break with modernism.
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Prajñakaragupta
Prajñākaragupta (also: Prajñakara, Sanskrit, Tibetan: shes rab 'byung gnas sbas pa, ca. 8th–9th century) was a Buddhist philosopher of the Epistemological school.
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Prakṛti
Prakriti (प्रकृति) is "the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance".
Pratītyasamutpāda
Pratītyasamutpāda (Sanskrit: प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद, Pāli: paṭiccasamuppāda), commonly translated as dependent origination, or dependent arising, is a key doctrine in Buddhism shared by all schools of Buddhism.
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Pre-Socratic philosophy
Pre-Socratic philosophy, also known as Early Greek Philosophy, is ancient Greek philosophy before Socrates.
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Primary–secondary quality distinction
The primary–secondary quality distinction is a conceptual distinction in epistemology and metaphysics, concerning the nature of reality.
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Problem of induction
The problem of induction is a philosophical problem that questions the rationality of predictions about unobserved things based on previous observations.
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Problem of other minds
The problem of other minds is a philosophical problem traditionally stated as the following epistemological question: Given that I can only observe the behavior of others, how can I know that others have minds? The problem is that knowledge of other minds is always indirect.
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Protagoras
Protagoras (Πρωταγόρας)Guthrie, p. 262–263.
Purusha
Purusha is a complex concept whose meaning evolved in Vedic and Upanishadic times.
Qualia
In philosophy of mind, qualia (quale) are defined as instances of subjective, conscious experience. Solipsism and qualia are metaphysics of mind and theory of mind.
Rationalism
In philosophy, rationalism is the epistemological view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge" or "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification",Lacey, A.R. (1996), A Dictionary of Philosophy, 1st edition, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1976. Solipsism and rationalism are epistemological theories.
Ratnakīrti
Ratnakīrti (11th century CE) was an Indian Buddhist philosopher of the Yogācāra and epistemological (pramāṇavāda) schools who wrote on logic, philosophy of mind and epistemology.
René Descartes
René Descartes (or;; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.
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Res extensa
Res extensa is one of the two substances described by René Descartes in his Cartesian ontology (often referred to as "radical dualism"), alongside res cogitans.
Samkhya
Samkhya or Sankhya (sāṃkhya) is a dualistic orthodox school of Hindu philosophy.
Science
Science is a strict systematic discipline that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the world.
Self
In philosophy, the self is an individual's own being, knowledge, and values, and the relationship between these attributes.
Sense data
The theory of sense data is a view in the philosophy of perception, popularly held in the early 20th century by philosophers such as Bertrand Russell, C. D. Broad, H. H. Price, A. J. Ayer, and G. E. Moore.
Sextus Empiricus
Sextus Empiricus (Σέξτος Ἐμπειρικός) was a Greek Pyrrhonist philosopher and Empiric school physician with Roman citizenship.
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Skepticism
Skepticism, also spelled scepticism in British English, is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. Solipsism and Skepticism are epistemological theories.
Solipsism syndrome
Solipsism syndrome refers to a psychological state and condition in which a person feels that reality is not external to their mind.
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Sophist
A sophist (sophistēs) was a teacher in ancient Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE.
Standpoint theory
Standpoint theory, also known as standpoint epistemology, is a foundational framework in feminist social theory that examines how individuals' unique perspectives, shaped by their social and political experiences, influence their understanding of the world.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) is a freely available online philosophy resource published and maintained by Stanford University, encompassing both an online encyclopedia of philosophy and peer-reviewed original publication.
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Stream of consciousness (psychology)
The metaphor "stream of consciousness" suggests how thoughts seem to flow through the conscious mind.
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Subjective idealism
Subjective idealism, or empirical idealism or immaterialism, is a form of philosophical monism that holds that only minds and mental contents exist. Solipsism and Subjective idealism are idealism, metaphysics of mind and theory of mind.
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Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy)
The distinction between subjectivity and objectivity is a basic idea of philosophy, particularly epistemology and metaphysics. Solipsism and subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy) are metaphysics of mind.
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Svatantrika–Prasaṅgika distinction
The Svātantrika–Prāsaṅgika distinction is a doctrinal distinction made within Tibetan Buddhism between two stances regarding the use of logic and the meaning of conventional truth within the presentation of Madhyamaka.
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Telekinesis
Telekinesis is a hypothetical psychic ability allowing an individual to influence a physical system without physical interaction.
The Egg (Weir short story)
"The Egg" is a fictional short story by American writer Andy Weir, first published on his website Galactanet on August 15, 2009.
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The Fabric of Reality
The Fabric of Reality is a 1997 book by physicist David Deutsch.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The World as Will and Representation
The World as Will and Representation (WWR; Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung, WWV), sometimes translated as The World as Will and Idea, is the central work of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.
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Theory of forms
In philosophy and specifically metaphysics, the theory of Forms, theory of Ideas, Platonic idealism, or Platonic realism is a theory widely credited to the Classical Greek philosopher Plato. Solipsism and theory of forms are idealism.
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Thing-in-itself
In Kantian philosophy, the thing-in-itself (Ding an sich) is the status of objects as they are, independent of representation and observation. Solipsism and thing-in-itself are idealism.
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Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher.
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Thought
In their most common sense, the terms thought and thinking refer to cognitive processes that can happen independently of sensory stimulation.
Thought experiment
A thought experiment is a hypothetical situation in which a hypothesis, theory, or principle is laid out for the purpose of thinking through its consequences.
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Truman Show delusion
A Truman Show delusion, also known as Truman syndrome or Truman disorder, is a type of delusion in which the person believes that their life is a staged reality show, or that they are being watched on cameras.
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Truth
Truth or verity is the property of being in accord with fact or reality.
Two truths doctrine
The Buddhist doctrine of the two truths (Sanskrit: dvasatya) differentiates between two levels of satya (Sanskrit; Pali: sacca; word meaning "truth" or "reality") in the teaching of the Śākyamuni Buddha: the "conventional" or "provisional" (saṁvṛti) truth, and the "ultimate" (paramārtha) truth.
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Upanishads
The Upanishads (उपनिषद्) are late Vedic and post-Vedic Sanskrit texts that "document the transition from the archaic ritualism of the Veda into new religious ideas and institutions" and the emergence of the central religious concepts of Hinduism.
Vedanta
Vedanta (वेदान्त), also known as Uttara Mīmāṃsā, is one of the six orthodox (''āstika'') traditions of textual exegesis and Hindu philosophy.
Vertiginous question
Benj Hellie's vertiginous question asks why, of all the subjects of experience out there, this one—the one corresponding to the human being referred to as Benj Hellie—is the one whose experiences are live? (The reader is supposed to substitute their own case for Hellie's.) A simple response is that this question reduces to "Why are Hellie's experiences live from Hellie's perspective," which is trivial to answer. Solipsism and vertiginous question are metaphysics of mind and theory of mind.
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Volition (psychology)
Volition, also known as will or conation, is the cognitive process by which an individual decides on and commits to a particular course of action.
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World
The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that exists.
Worldview
A worldview or a world-view or Weltanschauung is the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the whole of the individual's or society's knowledge, culture, and point of view.
Yoga
Yoga (lit) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciousness untouched by the mind (Chitta) and mundane suffering (Duḥkha).
Yoga Vasistha
Vasishta Yoga Samhita (योगवासिष्ठम्, IAST:; also known as Maha-Ramayana, Arsha Ramayana, Vasiṣṭha Ramayana,Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature, Volume 5. pp. 4638, By various, Published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992,, Yogavasistha-Ramayana and Jnanavasistha.) is a historically popular and influential syncretic philosophical text of Hinduism, dated to the 6th CE or 7th CE — 14th CE or 15th CE.
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Yogachara
Yogachara (योगाचार, IAST) is an influential tradition of Buddhist philosophy and psychology emphasizing the study of cognition, perception, and consciousness through the interior lens of meditation, as well as philosophical reasoning (hetuvidyā). Solipsism and Yogachara are idealism.
See also
Egoism
- Egoism
- Egoist anarchism
- Egotism
- Ethical egoism
- Lighthouse and naval vessel urban legend
- Muhammad Iqbal's concept of Khudi
- Narcissism
- Objectivism
- Psychological egoism
- Rational egoism
- Rule egoism
- Self-interest
- Selfishness
- Solipsism
- The Egoist (periodical)
- Yangism
Idealism
- Absolute (philosophy)
- Absolute idealism
- Actual idealism
- Anti-realism
- British idealism
- Canadian idealism
- Doctrine of internal relations
- Epistemological idealism
- Escapism
- German idealism
- History of ethical idealism
- Idea
- Idealism
- Idealistic pluralism
- Idealists
- Italian idealism
- Metaphysical solipsism
- Objective idealism
- Out of All the Masts
- Phenomenalism
- Platonism
- Relationalism
- Solipsism
- Subjective idealism
- Subjectivism
- Theory of forms
- Thing-in-itself
- Transcendental idealism
- Utopian socialism
- Utopian studies
- Yogachara
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism
Also known as Silopsism, Solapism, Solipcism, Solipism, Solipsist, Solipsistic, Solipsists, Solopcism, Solopism, Solypsism.
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