Philosophy

Where do you stand on solipsism? I see it as foundational to virtually everything else (in a first principles kind of way), and yet it is almost universally brushed aside as irrelevant, which I find oddly frustrating.

Where do you stand on solipsism? I see it as foundational to virtually everything else (in a first principles kind of way), and yet it is almost universally brushed aside as irrelevant, which I find oddly frustrating.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism

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Is it brushed aside as irrelevant, or as “wrong”? One problem with solipsism (still basic understanding here) is the perhaps-too-easy settling into individualism, selfishness, basically denial of the Other.

Scientist and engineer interested in Life.

Work on (GOF)AI, Agriculture, Biology, Energy, Robotics, Space---all topics climate-aware.

I don’t think second-order implications of solipsism (like denying others’ existence and agency) can logically make the premise wrong.

OTOH it is usually considered irrelevant because it is untestable / unknowable

Yes, I had no better word than “wrong”. Slippery cast it was!