Single Idea 2777

[catalogued under 11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 4. Solipsism]

Full Idea

Extreme solipsism only considers present experiences, but more relaxed solipsism may include past and possible future experiences.

Gist of Idea

Extreme solipsism only concerns current experience, but it might include past and future

Source

Jonathan Dancy (Intro to Contemporary Epistemology [1985], 9.5)

Book Reference

Dancy,Jonathan: 'Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology' [Blackwell 1985], p.136