do you beleive that other things exist outside of yourself??

Question

obviously you know that YOU exist. "i think therefore i am" to deny that is stupid. but how do you know that others exist and feel emotions and feel and expereince the same things that you do?? and that this isnt all a dream created from your mind.

this beleif is called solipsism. are there any good books that refute solipsism? and explains why solipsism is a self contradictory theory?? of course we can never 100% know for sure cause we can only expereince ourselves but obviously that cant be the case because it is way to farfetched and unprobable. but there must be some books written by famouse philosophers that prove that there is existence outside ourselves. there must be some proof that we can find through our subjective concioussnes that prove that there are things outside of it that prove that there other people with emotions and thoughts just like us independent from us. and if so what are they??

if we are alone on this world then what is the point of love for someone. it make existence and life meanigless. you might as well commit suicide. it strips life of all meaning in every possible way. there is no point of loving an illusion. you might as weel be inlove with a rock. and pretend its something more

T-time: that doesnt realy make sense. i can assure you i exist. but how can i be sure that YOU exist?

Answer 1

dude, when you come down off the acid your head is gonna hurt like hell

Answer 2

This most probably isn't the answer you wanted.
I really can't remember, but i'm pretty sure when a baby (human) reaches a certain age, it accepts that other beings exist.
If this stage is not reached then it is considered a problem.

If you are seriously and genuinely questioning this from a personal perspective, i am concerned for your mental well being.
If, as i suspect you are merely interested in the philosophical concepts that arise with this disscussion, good on ya.;

I'm with the acid dude, trust me, reality could really suprise you, if you genuinely doubt the existance of any other being other than yourself.

Answer 3

ok enable me smack you in the pinnacle now. Did you are attempting this? despite the fact that issues do no longer exist independently the two, all issues are one concern, the universe. word it fairly is duality of fact, absolute and reletive. they are complimentry, no longer contradictory Your perceptions are in line with a theory-approximately self, yet the place are you able to discover this self? under the hypothalamus? in the back of the medulla oblongata? I see nuerons and synapses, electrons firing off, yet no you. Why? in line with hazard the "you" you think of is you does not exist? in line with hazard this is a fantasy to help a susceptible techniques to handle the international around them with out having to spend time incredibly cutting to the middle of the concern? Namaste

Answer 4

The Australian aborigines have an interesting theory. We are all being dreamed by a dreamer.

Answer 5

I think that you and I and everyone else are all figments of my own imagination. None of us really exist.


No, I know it doesn't make sense, unless you're me.