This view first appeared in the philosophy of Gorgias, a pre-Socratic sophist, and is also seen in certain versions of Taoism and Buddhism,* which argue that drawing a distinction between self and the universe is an absurd and arbitrary artifact of language and not an inherent aspect of reality.
This view first appeared in the philosophy of Gorgias, a pre-Socratic sophist, and is also seen in certain versions of Taoism and Buddhism,* which argue that drawing a distinction between self and the universe is an absurd and arbitrary artifact of language and not an inherent aspect of reality. Some objections include death, pain, and language, though all of these can be countered with an appeal to free will. FTP, what is this metaphysical belief that nothing exists except for one's own self and that everything else is an extension of one's existence?
This view first appeared in the philosophy of Gorgias, a pre-Socratic sophist, and is also seen in certain versions of Taoism and Buddhism,* which argue that drawing a distinction between self and the universe is an absurd and arbitrary artifact of language and not an inherent aspect of reality.
Solipsism