Look up: SOLIPSISM


  1. solipsism
    [n] - the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist
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  2. solipsism
    In philosophy, a view that maintains that the self is the only thing that can be known to exist. It is an extreme form of scepticism. The solipsist sees himself or herself as the ...
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  3. Solipsism
    Solipsism: The doctrine that I alone exist. The self can know only its feelings and changes. There is only subjective reality. Solipsism is of importance to philosophy and psychology. Rene Descartes (1596-1650), the French mathematician, physicist and 'father of modern philosophy', made solipsism a ...
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  4. Solipsism
    So·lip'sism noun [ Latin solus alone + ipse self.] 1. (Ethics) Egotism. Krauth-Fleming. 2. (Metaph.) Egoism. Krauth- Fleming.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/141

  5. solipsism
    1. <ethnology> Egotism. ... 2. <psychology> Egoism. ... Origin: L. Solus alone + ipse self. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?solipsism

  6. solipsism
    noun (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist
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  7. Solipsism
    • (n.) Egoism. • (n.) Egotism.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/solipsism/



  1. solipsism
    solipsism, solipsistic, solipsist, solipsistically 1. The belief that the only thing someone can be sure of is that he/she exists, and that true knowledge of anything else is impossible. 2. The view or theory that one's self is the only object of real knowledge or the only thing really existent.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1981/2

  2. Solipsism
    Solipsism (əm) is the philosophical idea that only one`s own mind is sure to exist. The term comes from the Latin solus (alone) and ipse (self). Solipsism as an epistemological position holds that knowledge of anything outside one`s own mind is unsure. The external world and other minds cannot be ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism

  3. solipsism
    An extreme form of subjective idealism based on an argument to the effect that since I can apprehend nothing that is not part of my experience, there can be no legitimate grounds for affirming the existence of an external world that is independent of my experience of it.
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/solipsism.html

  4. Solipsism
    (Lat solus, alone + ipse, self) (a) Methodological: The epistemological doctrine which considers the individual self and it states the only possible or legitimate starting point for philosophical construction. See Cogito, ergo sum; Ego-centric predicament, Subjectivism. (b) Metaphysical: Subvariety ...
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  5. solipsism
    Type: Term Pronunciation: sōl′ip-sizm Definitions: 1. A philosophic concept that whatever exists is a product of will and the ideas of the person making the perception.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=82775

  6. solipsism
    In philosophy, a view that maintains that the self is the only thing that can be known to exist. It is an extreme form of scepticism. The solipsist sees himself or herself as the only individual in existence, assuming other people to be a reflection of his or her own consciousness
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0020208.html

  7. SOLIPSISM
    A form of SCEPTICISM. Solipsism is the belief that nothing exists except my mind and the creations of my mind.
    Found op http://www.abdn.ac.uk/philosophy/guide/glossary.shtml

  8. solipsism
    1) Philosophical doctrine 2) Philosophical theory
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/solipsism/1

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