Re: solipsistic view on memetics

From: Joe E. Dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon Sep 11 2000 - 21:11:20 BST

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    > On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 19:24:30 Joe E. Dees wrote:
    > >
    > (snip)
    > >
    > >For one of the many contemporary destructions of solipsism as a
    > >serious philosophical stance, go to:
    > >
    > >http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/solipsis.htm
    > >
    > >
    > Am I mistaken or does the part of this article under the heading
    "The incoherence of solipsism" sound similar to Rand's "fallacy of
    the stolen concept", especially the part about implicit
    presupposition of that which one attempts to deny?
    >
    > Scott
    >
    I'm not sure if it is similar to Rand, but solipsists are forever
    implicitly assuming what they explicitly deny, a self-contradictory
    inversion of the fallacy of begging the question (which is assuming
    what one is attempting to prove).
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