(December 28, 2015 at 12:16 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:(December 28, 2015 at 1:13 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: The arguments in favor of solipsism I've encountered were more along the lines of "we can't be sure we aren't brains in a vat, ergo we can't be sure of anything".
Fair enough, yeah. Hey, that's some useful worldview you have there., Mr. Brain-in-a-vat. /sarcasm
On the other hand, taking as axiomatic that solipsism is false is *useful*, and allows us to do useful things - like hanging up on solipsists.
Lol, yeah, at that point why waste energy trying to convince imaginary people of any imaginary concept, like the caller from the video. Or why even get up out of you imaginary bed in the morning?
Well, yeah. It seems to me that arguing from a position of solipsism isn't going to be useful unless you're going to be arguing in favor of something along the lines of epistemological nihilism. One could certainly do so, but why? The exercise seems pointless. I generally tune out when Mr. Brain-in-a-vat shows up, TBH.
