The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Friday, May 10, 2013

Solipsism

The problem of other minds is that your experience is no part of mine.

True, I have your word for it.

You say your new shoes hurt your feet.

You say things are a blur without your glasses.

You say you had bad dreams last night.

The argument from analogy is pretty persuasive.

But wouldn’t a robot say similar things, given the circumstances?

Maybe when materialists tell us there is really nothing mental we should accept the truth of what they say.

About themselves, I mean.

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