In its earliest uses, the term was a synonym for moral egoism.
In its earliest uses, the term was a synonym for moral egoism. Ever since Descartes, in his Meditations, wondered how he could be certain that extramental objects existed, it has come to signify a particular metaphysical or epistemological position. Since then, the epistemological form, stating that "all empirical knowledge originates in inner cognitive states" has been approved of by most philosophers. Hume and other skeptics conceded that the metaphysical form is implausible but irrefutable, Russell tried to show its logical inconsistency, and Wittgenstein and his followers attacked it vigorously on the basis that the statement of the doctrine requires the use of a "private language." FTP, identify the term, made up of the Latin words for "self" and "alone," often designating the position that there exists nothing but the self alone, and that all other objects and people are projections of it.
In its earliest uses, the term was a synonym for moral egoism.
solipsism