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Analytical Solipsism

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  1. William Todd

    1. University of Cincinnati, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Foundations of Solipsism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sensations and Images

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      Pages 3-23
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    3. Language and Sensation

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      Pages 24-45
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    4. Imagining Instances

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      Pages 46-66
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    5. Comprehension

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      Pages 67-82
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    6. Understanding and Synonymy

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      Pages 83-100
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    7. Verifiability

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      Pages 101-108
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    8. Objections

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      Pages 109-123
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  3. Causality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Causes and Counterfactuals

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      Pages 127-149
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  4. Solipsism Proper

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. A Quasi-Axiomatic Solipsistic System

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      Pages 153-191
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    3. Alternatives to Solipsism

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      Pages 192-215
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    4. Anti-Solipsism

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      Pages 216-252
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    6. Statements about the Past

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      Pages 279-299
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    8. Belief

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      Pages 310-316
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    9. Conclusion

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      Pages 317-318
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About this book

Philosophers usually have been anxious to avoid solipsism. A large number of good and great philosophers have tried to refute it. Of course, these philosophers have not always had the same target in mind and, like everything else, solipsism over the centuries has become increasingly elusive and subtle. In this book I undertake to state the position in its most modern and what I take to be its most plausible form. At some points in the history of philosophy the solipsist has been one who denied the existence of everything except himself or even the existence of everything except his own present sensations. At other times, the solipsist instead of doubting these things has merely insisted that there could be no good reason for believing in the existence of anything beyond one's own present sensations. Roughly, this doubt is aimed at reasons rather than at things. A solipsist of this sort appears in Santayana's Scepticism and Animal Faith.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Cincinnati, USA

    William Todd

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Analytical Solipsism

  • Authors: William Todd

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8829-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1968

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-8183-9Published: 01 January 1969

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-8829-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 332

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Epistemology

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