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  • n  (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist

  • But in their solipsism, their emotional cluelessness, their resistance to normal human intercourse, they are, in some sense, his evil soulmates.
  • I have a theory, born of careful historical analysis and solipsism: It's impossible to be elected to the White House if you have young sons, because that would mean you have to .
  • This species of solipsismplural solipsism, if you likeis far more common because it is far less lonely.
News & Articles

  • CNN’s Lemon: Not Knowing You’re Racist Is ‘The New Racism’
    CNN's Don Lemon tackled the Cliven Bundy / Donald Sterling racistapalooza on his weekly commentary segment of the Tom Joyner Show Tuesday morning, arguing that a racial solipsism had stricken contemporary racists, to the point that they could hold explicitly racist opinions and be completely unaware of them.
    April 29, 2014 - Mediaite
Quotes

  • Bill Bottrell in Scotland on Sunday
    We never spoke of the old days,Bottrell says over the phone. "There's a solipsism about it - you just close your eyes and do it."
  • Craig Brown in The Guardian
    Ziegler "charts an accelerating inventory of solipsism, pomposity, greed, grudges and misjudgment", Craig Brown wrote in the Mail on Sunday.
  • Denis MacShane in Independent
    Denis MacShane, the former Europe minister, described Mr Miliband's piece as a "breath of fresh air after the stale self-indulgent solipsism from Warwick".

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