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solipsism

Postby skinem » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:36 pm

so·lip·sism


Pronunciation: 'sO-l&p-"si-z&m, 'sä-
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin solus alone + ipse self
: a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also : extreme egocentrism
- so·lip·sist /'sO-l&p-sist, 'sä-l&p-, s&-'lip-/ noun
- so·lip·sis·tic /"sO-l&p-'sis-tik, "sä-/ adjective
- so·lip·sis·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb

...guilty at times of both definitions...

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Re: solipsism

Postby Bailey » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:06 pm

so·lip·sism


Pronunciation: 'sO-l&p-"si-z&m, 'sä-
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin solus alone + ipse self
: a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also : extreme egocentrism
- so·lip·sist /'sO-l&p-sist, 'sä-l&p-, s&-'lip-/ noun
- so·lip·sis·tic /"sO-l&p-'sis-tik, "sä-/ adjective
- so·lip·sis·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb

...guilty at times of both definitions...
sounds so existential to me

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Darn scooped again...

Postby eberntson » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:55 am

solipsism is a great word and brings up so many other tie ins especially in philosophy. I am thinking about the debate of objective knowledge. Isn't it Plato that believed in objective knowing that you can truly know something as it truly is, versus some of my anti-platonian friends that don't believe that. Can one know oneself truely, well I suppose but to what end? I'm sure this word has a facinating history.
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