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I was making a deductive argument for why there can only be one mind, but one part stands out as not being necessarily true.
Are humans unable to imagine that other minds exist? The inability of humans to do this is used as the basis of solipsism, and I'm aiming to produce a model that reconciles this phenomena with realism. If humans actually can imagine that other minds exist, then this is all pointless.
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>>2589180
>Are humans unable to imagine that other minds exist?
Of course not. Ever heard of the development of theory of mind in childhood? It's typical for children to learn that people have minds of their own and if that doesn't happen it's a sign of an illness like autism.
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>>2589198
I was just under the assumption that it was more complicated than that because people bring up solipsism all the time and it doesn't seem feasible that everyone who brings it up is either a retard or 3 years old.
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>>2589215
Or maybe people are solipsists but they just accept different premises than the one you mentioned.
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>>2589261
Like what?
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>>2590024
like what descartes thought, I don't recall him saying about humans being able to imagine that other minds exist
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