Solipsism

okay. Today, I'll be giving a crash course on epistemological

and metaphysical solipsism.

To begin, we must first give a simple definition to

solve schism, the view or a theory that the self

is all that could be known to exist.

We will be delving deeper into the following theory with

these topics covered.

An introduction to the two branches assaults is, um, the

problem of other minds calling reality into doubt.

Rene Day Card.

One's existence.

The difference between epistemological metaphysical solipsism, arguments for metaphysical solipsism

and arguments against metaphysical solipsism, and then a brief summary

to begin.

There are two main branches of salt is, um, epistemological

solipsism and metaphysical solipsism toe.

Understand the two.

We must first define epistemology and metaphysics as our own

branch of philosophy.

Epistemology is a branch of philosophy that investigates what distinguishes

justify believe from opinion.

A Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that deals with

the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as

being knowing substance caused identity, time and space.

Epistemological solipsism is a claim that one can only be

sure of the existence of one's mind.

The existence of other minds in the external world is

not necessarily rejected, but one cannot be sure of its

existence. Metaphysical solipsism is a variety of idealism, which asserts

that nothing exists.

It's externally to this one mind, and since this mine

is the whole reality thing, the external world was never

anything more than an idea.

An example of an epistemological paradox is if a tree

falls in the woods and known is there to tweet

about it or C.

It doesn't make a sound, since the existence of other

minds in the external world is not necessarily rejected, but

one cannot be sure of its existence.

We cannot prove that a tree falling down in the

woods exists beyond our own mind Now for the problem

of other minds.

Okay, try to prove your real to someone you can't,

and it's scary.

I'm guessing the only good argument you could come up

with is, But I'm riel.

I'm sure you know you are.

After all, you are a conscious being with thoughts, behaviors

and emotions, but your consciousness is entirely private to you.

Put simply, no one can read your mind.

So in terms of proving that there are gears turning

up there, you're out of luck and So, um, I

this is salt is a merely explained as a concept.

Therefore epistemological solipsism.

Okay, now, about culling reality into doubt, our own consciousness

is the only thing we can prove to exist toe

ourself only our own consciousness is the only thing you

can know exists.

How do you know that anything you are experiencing in

the material world isn't a figment of your imagination?

You can't prove that either.

This is metaphysical solipsism.

This goes beyond salt system as a concept and calls

everything we know about our existence and reality into doubt.

Now on Renee Dick Heart and his View on solipsism

Cart, pictured on the right, better known as the Father

of Modern philosophy, was the philosopher in the 16th century,

respected for his work in geometry and algebra, as well

as numerous books on philosophy and one book Meditations on

first philosophy.

He shares his thought process when suspending any ideas that

could even be slightly doubtful.

He argued that since he can't distinguish streaming from being

awake and vice versa, he has reason to doubt the

external world around him and as he states.

But I cannot forget that at other times I have

been deceived in sleep by similar illusions and attentively.

Considering those cases, I perceived so clearly that there exists

no certain marks by which the state of waking can

ever be distinguished sleep that I feel greatly astonished and

in amazement.

I almost persuade myself that I am now dreaming following

this theory and with deductive reasoning, he soon came to

the conclusion that the self is all that can be

known to exist as per his infamous quote cognito ergo

sum. Or I think, therefore I am.

This quote is a basis for modern epistemology today.

If ourself is the one thing we know for certain,

we can use that as our base of all knowledge

and philosophical reasoning.

As a father father of modern philosophy, he was the

first philosopher recorded to talk about his very own method

of Cartesian doubt name for his method of doubt.

Cartesian Doubt is an epistemological method of deductive reasoning that

distinguishes justified belief from opinion now on to the problem

of ones existence.

Yeah, Dakar argued, regardless of solipsism, we have to be

riel. Okay, in this excerpt from meditations on first philosophy,

he states.

But doubtless I did exist if I persuaded myself with

something. But there is some deceiver or other who was

supremely powerful in supremely sly and who is always deliberately

deceiving me.

Then, too, there is no doubt that I exist.

If he is deceiving me and let him do his

best, a deception, he will never bring it about that

I am nothing so long as I shall think that

I am something.

Thus, after everything has been most carefully weighed, it must

finally be established.

This pronouncement, I am I exist, is necessarily true every

time I uttering or conceive it.

In my mind, the car argued that to think that

we exist is knowing we exist.

He posed this idea of a higher power, controlling our

senses, feeding a solutions.

But even if that were true, you would have to

exist in order to be deceived and being conscious.

Whatever consciousness is, it exists.

This is what the car argues throughout meditations on first

philosophy. And as he concludes, I think therefore I am

now we will investigate the difference differences between epistemological solipsism

and metaphysical solipsism.

Epistemology is a branch of philosophy that investigates what distinguishes

justify belief from opinion And with that being said, epistemological

solipsism is nothing but an abstract concept crafted from Cartesian

doubt and method, a logical skepticism.

It cannot be argued or disproven.

Unlike most philosophical theories, epistemological solipsism is a concept that

just kind of sits there.

I think therefore I am is the basis of modern

philosophy, and it's the one thing we know for certain.

Rene did car neither promoted or denied salt ism, but

rather use Cartesian doubt to craft an irrefutable statement.

So metaphysical sobs is where we start unpacking the likelihood

of sobs in itself.

As we start questioning our very own being, are you

really the only conscious being in existence?

Does reality exists beyond your senses Now for an argument

for metaphysical solipsism?

Just because you can perceive an object to your five

senses does not mean it exists.

You could be dreaming or hallucinating.

There is what you believe to be in the material

world. But if you're perceiving the material world in your

mind and your thoughts or private, there is no basis

in which you can prove the objects, existence and reality.

For that matter, for example, you cannot prove that this

presentation is really, just because you can perceive it.

Reality is only treat yourselves and ourselves only which supports

solves ism as a plausible idea.

Now for an argument against metaphysical solipsism further long and

meditations on first philosophy as a car argues that to

be conscious is to exist.

He refutes solipsism, He states, if you can have an

idea that is not present in his own reality, the

cause of that idea lies outside of him and his

reality. Ah, concept like time travel, for example, is impossible.

But to merely imagine, it means that there is something

outside of your own reality.

This supports the idea that one's reality is not the

only thing to exist.

You too.

Sorry. Okay, in summary, to think is to exist, but

you cannot prove you exist to others.

This is epistemological sauces.

Um, while you're able to privately perceive reality, you're not

able to prove whether or not reality exists outside of

your own conscious calling doubt on existence of reality and

other beings.

This is metaphysical solipsism.

Thank you.

Solipsism

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