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Full Idea
'Methodological solipsism' says merely that everyone can conceive of themselves as the only subject. Everyone can construct all referents of their thought and talk out of complexes of their very own experience.
Gist of Idea
Methodological Solipsism assumes all ideas could be derived from one mind
Source
Martin Kusch (Knowledge by Agreement [2002], Ch.19)
Book Ref
Kusch,Martin: 'Knowledge by Agreement' [OUP 2004], p.274
A Reaction
The possibility of this can be denied (e.g. by Putnam 1983, dating back to Wittgenstein). I too would doubt it, though finding a good argument seems a forlorn hope.
| 2257 | I myself could be the author of all these self-delusions [Descartes] |
| 23661 | We are only aware of other beings through our senses; without that, we are alone in the universe [Reid] |
| 6932 | Ideas arise through communication, and reason is reached through community [Feuerbach] |
| 5362 | It is not illogical to think that only myself and my mental events exist [Russell] |
| 23503 | Strict solipsism is pure realism, with the self as a mere point in surrounding reality [Wittgenstein] |
| 2777 | Extreme solipsism only concerns current experience, but it might include past and future [Dancy,J] |
| 21227 | The Cogito demands a bridge to the world, and ends in isolating the ego [Velarde-Mayol] |
| 10357 | Methodological Solipsism assumes all ideas could be derived from one mind [Kusch] |