Is Solipsism a mental illness?
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Only if you can prove two plus two really does equal five.
Given your example no, it would not be a defence against murder, an compulsive use of solopsism is mental illness but to use it for the sake of proving a point, no as its a very complex standpoint. Was Winston Smiths interoggator in 1984 mental? His beliefs were, but he wasn't as he rationalised the use of solopsism to prove his point.
No - see below
Solipsism (Latin: solus, alone + ipse, self) is the
philosophical idea that "My mind is the only thing
that exists". Solipsism is an epistemological or metaphysical position that knowledge of anything outside the mind is unjustified. The external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist. In the history of philosophy, solipsism has served as a skeptical hypothesis.
No, it's a philosophical standpoint.
Solipsism (Latin: solus, alone + ipse, self) is the philosophical idea that "My mind is the only thing that exists". Solipsism is an epistemological or metaphysical position that knowledge of anything outside the mind is unjustified. The external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist. In the history of philosophy, solipsism has served as a skeptical hypothesis
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