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Why Solipsism Matters (Hardcover)
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Why Solipsism Matters (Hardcover)
Series: Why Philosophy Matters
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Solipsism is one of the philosophical thesis or ideas that has
generally been regarded as highly implausible, or even crazy. The
view that the world is "my world" in the sense that nothing exists
independently of my mind, thought, and/or experience is,
understandably, frowned up as a genuine philosophical position. For
this reason, solipsism might be regarded as an example of a
philosophical position that does not "matter" at all. It does not
seem to play any role in our serious attempts to understand the
world and ourselves. However, by arguing that solipsism does
matter, after all, Why Solipsism Matters more generally
demonstrates that philosophy, even when dealing with highly
counterintuitive and "crazy" ideas, may matter in surprising,
unexpected ways. It will be shown that the challenge of solipsism
should make us rethink fundamental assumptions concerning
subjectivity, objectivity, realism vs. idealism, relativism, as
well as key topics such as ethical responsibility - that is, our
ethical relations to other human beings - and death and mortality.
Why Solipsism Matters is not only an historical review of the
origins and development of the concept of solipsism and a
exploration of some of its key philosophers (Kant and Wittgenstein
to name but a few) but it develops an entirely new account of the
idea. One which takes seriously the global, socially networked
world in which we live in which the very real ramifications of
solipsism - including narcissism - can be felt.
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