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Private Language Problem The private language problem is essentially the question of whether or not a language as a system of symbols that are means of thinking is, of necessity, a language as a system of symbols that are means of communication....

Solipsism There are a number of importantly different views associated with the term solipsism . Its Latin roots— solus , meaning "alone," and ipse , meaning "self"—suggest the rough idea that a solipsistic...

Solipsism (Latin: solus, alone + ipse, self) is the philosophical idea that "My mind is the only thing that I know exists." Solipsism is an epistemological or metaphysical position that knowledge of anything outside the mind is unjustified. The external...

It is well known that quantum physics deals with phenomena characterized by uncertainty. A typical expression of this uncertainty is the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, where, the more precisely we know the position of a particle, the more imprecisely we know its momentum (and vice...

C. D. Rollins, in "Solipsism," classifies solipsism into two categories, epistemological and metaphysical,1 and observes that while many philosophers have championed epistemological solipsism, no major philosopher has advocated ontological solipsism. Of epistemological solipsism he says: In some degree or style it has been...

I’m mad at the Met. Sure, it’s one of the world’s great museums. Tourists flock to its treasures, and New Yorkers, though perhaps a bit blasé about an institution in their backyard, nonetheless know it’s a marker of the city’s cultural significance. And it’s true...

I’m mad at the Met. Sure, it’s one of the world’s great museums. Tourists flock to its treasures, and New Yorkers, though perhaps a bit blasé about an institution in their backyard, nonetheless know it’s a marker of the city’s cultural significance. And it’s true...