Solipsism
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Comment by Dallas705 on August 27th, 2014 at 5:06 am
Hi, New world Encyclopedia,
Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m not sure if the conclusion by person B that he or she exist would disprove solipsism. Person A would still not be convinced.
Comment by Dallas705 on August 27th, 2014 at 5:13 am
*disprove solipsism for person A*
Comment by Jennifer Tanabe on August 31st, 2014 at 4:47 pm
Thank you, Dallas, for your feedback. It seems to me that the NWE article is saying what you point out, namely that even if Person B concluded that he or she existed it would not disprove solipsism because Person A would still not be convinced. Quoting from the NWE article:
A solipsistic viewpoint held by a particular individual is unfalsifiable only to that individual … Even though B has proven A wrong, there is no way for B to validly convince A to abandon solipsism, since A doubts B’s very existence, let alone B’s experiences or experimental results.
Thus, indeed, it is impossible to prove to the solipsist that they are wrong.
Comment by Dallas705 on August 31st, 2014 at 5:34 pm
I just gave the feedback because of my OCD. I hope you do not change the article, but if you have to, go ahead.
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