Editing Solipsism (section)

==Criticism==
Solipsism as radical subjective idealism has often been criticized by well-known philosophers ("solipsism can only succeed in a madhouse" — [[Arthur Schopenhauer|A. Schopenhauer]], "solipsism is madness" — [[Martin Gardner|M. Gardner]].)

[[Bertrand Russell]] wrote that it was "psychologically impossible" to believe, "I once received a letter from an eminent logician, Mrs. [[Christine Ladd-Franklin]], saying that she was a solipsist, and was surprised that there were no others. Coming from a logician and a solipsist, her surprise surprised me".<ref>Russell, B. (1948). Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 180.</ref> He also argues that the logic of solipsism compels you to believe in 'solipsism of the moment' where only the presently existing moment can be said to exist.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jager|first1=Ronald|title=The Development of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy|date=2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|page=408}}</ref>

[[John Stuart Mill]] wrote that one can know of others' minds because "First, they have bodies like me, which I know in my own case, to be the antecedent condition of feelings; and because, secondly, they exhibit the acts, and outward signs, which in my own case I know by experience to be caused by feelings".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Avramides|first1=Anita|title=Other Minds|date=24 January 2024|url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/other-minds/|publisher=[[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]}}</ref>