Methodological solipsism: Methodological solipsismis the thesis that the mental properties or mental states of an organism can be individuated exclusively on the basis of that state or property's relations with other internal states of the organism itself, without any reference to the environment or the physical world in which the organism is embedded. See also Mental states Brain states, Thinking, Consciousness, Method._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |