Arguments Against Solipsism

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What is the reality? Is reality idea, matter, or nothing? Is everything exist? In philosophy, there are many definitions of reality. Solipsism is one of them that trying to explain reality and existence. Solipsist by Fredric Brown and quote that “perception is reality” present solipsism. Solipsist is a just fascinating story that contains impressive plot twist. Otherwise, solipsism that is led by “perception is reality” is really reasonable philosophy.

In the Solipsist, solipsism is shown like that solipsist is the only being that exists and everything else is the imagination of the solipsist. The solipsist is shown as the God due to referring creation in the Bible. This idea seems ridiculous since idea should be suitable for everybody. Why creator of everything except his/herself, needs to prove or represent that “I created you, you are parts of my imagination” to people who created by his/her or what if everybody become a solipsist, are every people become imagination of somebody else? According to the Solipsist, solipsism seems psychological disease like schizophrenia and has a huge conflict due to unanswered these question. …show more content…

In other words, if I perceive that, it exists like in skepticism of Descartes who claims “Cogito ergo sum” (I think, therefore I am). I can be sure only existence of me due to my perception, about the existence of everyone else, I cannot know as stated in “perception is

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