Abstract

Dr Todd claims to be presenting, in this book, the position of the solipsist in its most modern and plausible form. The rise of analytical philosophy has, he asserts, brought into being a new sort of solipsist. ‘He no longer holds any of these older doubts, of either things or reasons. He does not deny that there are reasons for believing in the existence of the external world and the existence of other persons. In fact, he admits the truth of statements asserting the existence of these things. Rather he is saying that one can admit all this and still not commit oneself ontologically beyond the occurrence of one’s sensations and certain principles governing them’.