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-'''Solipsism''' ([[Latin]]: ''solus'', alone + ''ipse'', self) is the [[philosophy|philosophical]] idea that "My mind is the only thing that I know exists." Solipsism is an [[epistemology|epistemological]] or [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] position that knowledge of anything outside the [[mind]] is unjustified. [[Philosophical skepticism|The external world]] and [[problem of other minds|other minds]] cannot be known and might not exist. In the history of philosophy, solipsism has served as a [[skeptical hypothesis]].+'''Solipsism''' ([[Latin]]: ''solus'', alone + ''ipse'', self) is the [[philosophical idea]] that "My mind is the only thing that I know exists." Solipsism is an [[epistemology|epistemological]] or [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] position that knowledge of anything outside the [[mind]] is unjustified. [[Philosophical skepticism|The external world]] and [[problem of other minds|other minds]] cannot be known and might not exist. In the history of philosophy, solipsism has served as a [[skeptical hypothesis]].
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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 world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist. In the history of philosophy, solipsism has served as a skeptical hypothesis.

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