Is it true that... ?

Question:one's own self is the only thing that can be known with certainty?

can you disprove the fact that solipsistic empirical knowledge is the only kind of knowledge one can distinctly depend upon?

why or why not? please discuss solipsism as an unjustified philosophical idea if possible.

(this is not for school or anything other than my own amusement, i already know what my opinion is, i just want to hear what everyone else thinks - since you're all just an extention of my own mind anyway)

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: one's own self is the only thing that can be known with certainty?

can you disprove the fact that solipsistic empirical knowledge is the only kind of knowledge one can distinctly depend upon?

why or why not? please discuss solipsism as an unjustified philosophical idea if possible.

(this is not for school or anything other than my own amusement, i already know what my opinion is, i just want to hear what everyone else thinks - since you're all just an extention of my own mind anyway)

I believe that where there exists knowledge, exists a pure fact of the mind's knowledge. It cannot be unproven that any single mind is the ONLY mind that exists. It is what the individual mind is able to conceive. What if you are dealing with an insane mind?

If this is the kind of stuff you do for your own amusement, I recommend you seek professional help.

I'm not sure I know myself that well, but I'm trying.

I have a headache now.
Why do you do this to me..
When you won't do me at all?
Discuss that.
;)

By the time you are old enough to spell it your thoughts are not truly your own anymore. You have been "Tainted" by society and "Your thoughts" are reflected in that bias and therefore not truly yours.

When you receive replies to your question do you think your brain is playing tricks on you?
Solipsism makes no sense at all because we exist and think because of "others".

I see that you understand how it works. This is my way of explaining it.

This is more easily understandable if one considers the actual structure of an atom and the scale and placement of its components. If one takes into account the fact that the neutrons and protons form a dense cluster at the center of the atom and that the electrons orbit in such a way that huge spaces exist between them and the nucleus it becomes clear that the atoms that make up seemingly solid objects are made up of 99+ percent empty space at any given moment.

This alone does not seem too important until you add the idea that the atoms that make up many seemingly solid objects are more of a loose conglomeration that share a similar attraction but never really touch each other.

At first glance this does not really seem relevant, but closer analysis reveals that this adds a tremendous amount of empty space to solid objects that are already made up of atoms that could be thought of as 99 percent space. When so-called solid objects are seen in this light it becomes apparent that may not be the seemingly solid objects they appear to us to be.

We ourselves are not exceptions to this phenomenon.

These seemingly solid objects are more like ghostly images that we interpret as solid objects based on our perceptual conclusions.

From this one could conclude that Perception is some sort of a trick that helps us to take these ghostly images and turns them into a world we can associate and interact with. This clever device seems to be a creation of our intellect that enables us to interact with each other in what appears to be a three dimensional reality.

I want to add that this is based on my own personal way of looking at the situation and was never intended to be a physics lesson.

Love and blessings Don

Don H wins, but I take exception to part of his argument.
On the other hand, I used to teach nuclear physics to reactor operators and this discussion is causing my brain to hurt.
Soooo, Rock on... with beer.
I gotta go find a drink..,
Uh, Wish? You there?

I made mashed potatoes!
And muffins!

Solipsistic empirical knowledge is disproved simply because -

"Existence exists—and the act of grasping that statement implies two corollary axioms: that something exists which one perceives and that one exists possessing consciousness, consciousness being the faculty of perceiving that which exists." - Ayn Rand

Simply put something must exists prior to you realising it does therefore it can't be your mind which makes it exist.

What's a Grundel?

yes,I know myself like tha back of my hand....actually like the palm of my hand

I perceive with great accuracy that I have just woke up and have not had coffee, therefor I dont know anything

no....i don't even know iff i'm alive lol

oh waitt.......no i'm here. my ears are being murderd by 5y/o's...*turns headphones on*