(May 28, 2013 at 11:05 pm)bennyboy Wrote: For me, solipsism fails as soon as someone tries to explain it. If someone thinks he's alone, then who is he explaining to?I don't know this, but couldn't a solipsist (?) just respond he's explaining it to a robot perfectly capable of understanding yet without any conscious awareness? Just like a computer, if programmed well, can take input, process it and form a reaction based on this without there being the necessity for consciousness?
I don't subscribe to that line of thought, just trying to think it through.
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