No such thing as a hierarchical causal series in the real world

[George720]

Enough for now - The idea is that you WILL encounter God, in this life or the next, and that you need to be prepared to do so, and that such preparation is counterintuitive…

I can hardly wait!

Then why wait?

Being genuine and truthful and sincere is a start…

Self-sacrifice for the sake of truth and the love of others matter…

What are you willing to die for?

geo

 

[lelinator]

There are several ways to define “solipsism”.

Technically I would define myself as an epistemological solipsist, but that’s like saying that I’m an agnostic, it really doesn’t tell you very much.

It might be interesting to explore the variants and yours in particular, maybe in another thread.

There are times when I’m really eager to share my views on solipsism, and then there are times when I’m not. You just never know. So if someone wants to start a thread on solipsism they should do it with the understanding that I might not be that eager to participate. Sorry

 

[IQ170]

Then why wait?

Being genuine and truthful and sincere is a start…

Self-sacrifice for the sake of truth and the love of others matter…

What are you willing to die for?

I am sorry, I am in no hurry to die for anything. It will happen eventually - probably sooner than I would prefer. I am ready to have a conversation with God, and I have a few questions.

Technically I would define myself as an epistemological solipsist, but that’s like saying that I’m an agnostic, it really doesn’t tell you very much.

No, it does not. Solipsism is the stance that there is nothing outside the person, everything else just a figment of one’s imagination. Such a stance cannot be maintained when encountering the external reality. But that is fine, if you are not interested, I will not try to force you into a conversation that you don’t find interesting.

See you around.

 

[lelinator]

Solipsism is the stance that there is nothing outside the person, everything else just a figment of one’s imagination.

Technically that’s not correct. The dictionary defines solipsism as:

“the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.”

Epistemological solipsism isn’t the idea that the mind is all that exists. It’s simply the idea that the mind is all that can be known to exist.

But even if the mind is all that exists, that doesn’t mean that reality is the product of one’s own imagination. That’s a common misunderstanding, and it assumes a causal relationship that almost certainly isn’t correct.

You can find a bit of my thoughts on the subject here:

Solipsism and the trinity

The idea that the mind creates reality is very problematic, and Wesrock raises one of the more popular objections here:

How does the solipsistic mind create reality?

I didn’t have time to answer Wesrock’s post at the time, and that thread progressed so quickly that I’ll probably let the question go unanswered. It was off topic anyway, so I’ll just let it die.

 

[IQ170]

Technically that’s not correct. The dictionary defines solipsism as:

“ the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist. ”

Thank you. There are always multiple definitions. Yours is also acceptable. But since it is not pertinent to the current topic, we can leave it alone. It might be interesting to explore sometime.