(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 it to?
Himself.
I'm not a solipsist, but the implications are fun to examine. Assuming solipsism is the true state of affairs, does my understanding of the concept represent the only possible circumvention of it, by which I mean, it is the only real insight into reality indepenent of my own thoughts I can ever actually have? And, would not having this insight necessarily invalidate solipsism? I wonder if that technically qualifies as a paradox. I don't know, there are plenty of people here who philosophize better than I do.
