I saw the term recently and tried to look it up, but every article/definition I found seemed to assume every person reading it has a degree in psychology or something. Please spare me the fancy technical terms and just explain it simply like I know absolutely nothing about philosophy, idealism, or psychology (because I don’t). Similes or examples would also be very appreciated, if possible.
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If you do really want to understand what Epistemological Solipsism is, you need to read some introductory books on Western philosophy, especially the subjects of Realism and Idealism.
In (very) short terms: Epistemological Solipsism is the view that the self cannot know with absolute certainty that any entity exists independently of the existence of the self’s own consciousness, given that the very idea of an independently existing entity is itself an element of consciousness.
But as I mentioned, there is a lot more to it than that, and there are many counter arguments.
I hope that helped.
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