empiricism prevents solipsism
- empiricism philosophically “the egocentric predicament” (according to A. J. Ayer) prevents solipsism — gets us out of the circle of our minds by pointing to the public, demonstrable events for corroboration, a defence against platonism (innate ideas, universals, deductive idealism)
- psychologically it is that fantasy which makes us feel safe from isolation and paranoid potentialities of solipsism
- empirical disguise in case histories is an inevitable defence against the solipsistic power of the fictions
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solipsism
is the philosophical idea that only one’s mind is sure to exist as an epistemological position, solipsism holds that knowledge of anything
is the philosophical idea that only one’s mind is sure to exist as an epistemological position, solipsism holds that knowledge of anything