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Answer by Speakpigeon for Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove...

Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove or weaken solipsism?Solipsism is a misleading word. It suggests that there is a theory which could conceivably be true of all minds, but of course...

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Answer by Neil Meyer for Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove or...

If the solopist dies and you are still in existence then by Jove you have refuted solopism. Now to find a solopist that is not dead yet, be careful around this person. When he goes so do we.

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Answer by Jim Cox for Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove or...

There are two arguments which I think work to slightly reduce the strength of solipsism. The first I’ll term “madness argument”and the second which I’ll term the “new information argument”.Madness...

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Answer by Ghostpunk for Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove or...

I came up with this reasoning, made some points clear from my perspective, but it still does not disprove solipsism, rather weaken it:Accept that "my" quale is the only thing that exists.There also are...

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Answer by armand for Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove or...

Not a rebuttal, because solipsism is unfalsifiable anyway, but in On Certainty, Wittgenstein shows that in order to survive solipcists have to act hypocritically. Although they will profess they have...

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Answer by Tim Crinion for Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove...

You don't really need to know where your sensations come from. You still know they exist. Solipsism is partly true in the sense that many of your sensations (colour, false memories etc) are...

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Answer by Fred Astaire for Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove...

Make up two numbers in your mind. Grab a calculator, add them. Note the result. Add the nimbers in uour head (adding them should be tricky enough so that you can’t know the answer in an instant). If...

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Answer by Chris Sunami for Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove...

While it may seem superficially simpler to assume one mind rather than many, it requires a fairly complex story to explain why the one existing entity perceives the apparent existence of many entities....

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Answer by Joseph Johnspn for Are there any philosophical arguments to...

There is no way of proving the negative. It's pure demagoguery to assert that one cannot disprove solipsism therefore the empirical universe exist only as the figment of the imagination of the person...

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Answer by Esaron for Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove or...

This is quite old, but as I was having a discussion on Solipsism with a few friends of mine, I independently came up with what I feel is the best way of "disproving" Solipsism. Obviously, the concept...

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Answer by Paul Calcraft for Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove...

I would compare it to someone believing that if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, it does not make a sound.The definition of the question limits us to not being able to answer...

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Answer by dimo414 for Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove or...

As you note, there can surely be no solid rebuke of solipsism, for the possibility is wholly untestable. However, I personally believe solipsism is bordering on incoherence and egoism, and exploring...

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Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove or weaken solipsism?

My philosophy professor once told our class: The only people who believe in solipsism are infants and madmen. I was inclined to agree at the time. Yet years later, I have still not encountered any good...

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