solipsismn.

Brit.

/ˈsɒlᵻpsɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈsoʊləpˌsɪz(ə)m/,

/ˈsɑləpˌsɪz(ə)m/,

/səˈlɪpˌsɪz(ə)m/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin solipsismus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin solipsismus extreme selfishness, self-centredness (1722 or earlier in works by the German Lutheran theologian C. E. Weismann; 1788 in Kant in the passage translated in quot. 1836 at sense 1) < classical Latin sōlus alone (see solus adj.) + ipse self (see ipse pron.) + -ismus -ism suffix. In sense 2 after German Solipsismus (1871 or earlier in this sense; 1802 or earlier in sense ‘self-centredness’).With post-classical Latin solipsismus perhaps compare post-classical Latin Solipsi (plural noun), apparently ‘self-centred people’, a derogatory nickname for the Jesuits (1645 in ‘ Lucius Cornelius Europaeus’ Monarchia solipsorum, a satirical work directed against the Jesuits). However, although some of Weismann's uses of solipsismus occur in an anti-Catholic context, he does not mention Monarchia solipsorum or allude to it.

1. Excessive regard for oneself and one's own interests, to the exclusion of others; preoccupation with oneself; extreme selfishness, self-centredness, or self-absorption; (also) an instance of this. Also in neutral sense: isolation, solitude. In later use frequently influenced by sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > egotism

egotizing1789

egotism1800

egoism1801

egomania1825

automania1835

solipsism1836

oneism1840

egoistry1841

self-obsession1884

ego1891

egocentricity1903

egocentrism1926

me-ism1980

1836 J. W. Semple tr. I. Kant Critique Pract. Reason in tr. I. Kant Metaphysic of Ethics 118 The Aggregate of the Appetites..make up and compose what is called Selfishness or Solipsism [L. solipsismus].

1838 J. W. Semple tr. I. Kant Relig. within Boundary Pure Reason iv. 215 The Utilitarian,..without renouncing his solipsism, merely extends his selfish calculations beyond the circumscribed boundary of present time.

1920 H. Van Dyke in Scribner's Mag. Feb. 244/2 How monumentally imposing is that upper case ‘I’!.. When he [sc. an English writer] writes ‘we’ he descends to the lower case. But this orthographic solipsism..is shared by..all who use the English tongue.

1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Nov. 1/4 He had the desire..to convert St. Peter's into an artificial globe wherein he might live in a solitary tent... This sublime solipsism..is one of the stigmata of the Greater Romanticism.

1968 Illustr. London News 6 July 31/1 He was of necessity selfish, egotistical to the point of solipsism.

1978 Poetry Aug. 298 The deep underlying motive of Mark Strand's poetry is solipsism or loneliness of the individual imagination.

1988 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Feb. 186 An incommunicado battle for survival,..in which conflicting solipsisms clash by night.

2002 J. Ray Step-ball-change ix. 120 ‘I thought you eloped just because you didn't want me to be in your wedding.’ I wondered if such a level of solipsism was possible.

2. Philosophy. The theory or belief that one's own self or consciousness is all that exists (more fully metaphysical solipsism) or all that can be known (more fully epistemological solipsism). Cf. earlier egoism n. 1. Also: an instance of such a theory; a philosophy of this type.Metaphysical solipsism has rarely if ever been seriously believed by any philosopher; it appears in philosophical debate chiefly in connection with philosophical systems or assumptions (esp. of an idealist kind) alleged by their adversaries logically to imply it.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > subjectivism > [noun] > egoism or solipsism

egomismc1730

egoism1785

I-ism1840

solipsism1874

pan-egoism1896

1874 A. C. Fraser Sel. from Berkeley 47 Ueberweg suggests that Berkeley's reasoning implies that we can know only our own notions of what we call other spirits—thus leading, by a reductio ad absurdum, to Egoism or Solipsism.

a1881 A. Barratt Physical Metempiric (1883) 25 At any rate, Solipsism, if not inconceivable, is in the highest degree incredible.

1884 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 294 As long as we confine ourselves to the world given in experience..we must profess solipsism.

1901 J. McCabe tr. F. K. C. L. Büchner Last Words Materialism 114 Ostwald's view seems, when we follow it to its last consequences, to culminate in that solipsism, or denial of the reality of the outer world,..which Schopenhauer justly called ‘theoretical egoism and lunacy’.

1914 M. Saben Spirit of Life i. 10 The weakness of many idealistic systems of philosophy is that they are, logically, solipsisms.

1929 Monist 39 508 Carnap..affirms nothing at all concerning metaphysical reality, more particularly not denying such reality also to the things of the external order and to the experiences of others, as does metaphysical solipsism.

1972 Rev. Metaphysics 25 683 Such a conception of representations leads to an epistemological solipsism in which our contact with the world that surrounds us is at best tenuous and distant.

2000 S. Priest Subj. in Question iv. 144 Solipsism is an idealist thesis because ‘Only my mind exists’ entails ‘Only minds exist’ and that is a kind of idealism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	solipsism
释义	solipsismn. Brit. /ˈsɒlᵻpsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈsoʊləpˌsɪz(ə)m/, /ˈsɑləpˌsɪz(ə)m/, /səˈlɪpˌsɪz(ə)m/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin solipsismus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin solipsismus extreme selfishness, self-centredness (1722 or earlier in works by the German Lutheran theologian C. E. Weismann; 1788 in Kant in the passage translated in quot. 1836 at sense 1) < classical Latin sōlus alone (see solus adj.) + ipse self (see ipse pron.) + -ismus -ism suffix. In sense 2 after German Solipsismus (1871 or earlier in this sense; 1802 or earlier in sense ‘self-centredness’).With post-classical Latin solipsismus perhaps compare post-classical Latin Solipsi (plural noun), apparently ‘self-centred people’, a derogatory nickname for the Jesuits (1645 in ‘ Lucius Cornelius Europaeus’ Monarchia solipsorum, a satirical work directed against the Jesuits). However, although some of Weismann's uses of solipsismus occur in an anti-Catholic context, he does not mention Monarchia solipsorum or allude to it. 1. Excessive regard for oneself and one's own interests, to the exclusion of others; preoccupation with oneself; extreme selfishness, self-centredness, or self-absorption; (also) an instance of this. Also in neutral sense: isolation, solitude. In later use frequently influenced by sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > egotism egotizing1789 egotism1800 egoism1801 egomania1825 automania1835 solipsism1836 oneism1840 egoistry1841 self-obsession1884 ego1891 egocentricity1903 egocentrism1926 me-ism1980 1836 J. W. Semple tr. I. Kant Critique Pract. Reason in tr. I. Kant Metaphysic of Ethics 118 The Aggregate of the Appetites..make up and compose what is called Selfishness or Solipsism [L. solipsismus]. 1838 J. W. Semple tr. I. Kant Relig. within Boundary Pure Reason iv. 215 The Utilitarian,..without renouncing his solipsism, merely extends his selfish calculations beyond the circumscribed boundary of present time. 1920 H. Van Dyke in Scribner's Mag. Feb. 244/2 How monumentally imposing is that upper case ‘I’!.. When he [sc. an English writer] writes ‘we’ he descends to the lower case. But this orthographic solipsism..is shared by..all who use the English tongue. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Nov. 1/4 He had the desire..to convert St. Peter's into an artificial globe wherein he might live in a solitary tent... This sublime solipsism..is one of the stigmata of the Greater Romanticism. 1968 Illustr. London News 6 July 31/1 He was of necessity selfish, egotistical to the point of solipsism. 1978 Poetry Aug. 298 The deep underlying motive of Mark Strand's poetry is solipsism or loneliness of the individual imagination. 1988 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Feb. 186 An incommunicado battle for survival,..in which conflicting solipsisms clash by night. 2002 J. Ray Step-ball-change ix. 120 ‘I thought you eloped just because you didn't want me to be in your wedding.’ I wondered if such a level of solipsism was possible. 2. Philosophy. The theory or belief that one's own self or consciousness is all that exists (more fully metaphysical solipsism) or all that can be known (more fully epistemological solipsism). Cf. earlier egoism n. 1. Also: an instance of such a theory; a philosophy of this type.Metaphysical solipsism has rarely if ever been seriously believed by any philosopher; it appears in philosophical debate chiefly in connection with philosophical systems or assumptions (esp. of an idealist kind) alleged by their adversaries logically to imply it. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > subjectivism > [noun] > egoism or solipsism egomismc1730 egoism1785 I-ism1840 solipsism1874 pan-egoism1896 1874 A. C. Fraser Sel. from Berkeley 47 Ueberweg suggests that Berkeley's reasoning implies that we can know only our own notions of what we call other spirits—thus leading, by a reductio ad absurdum, to Egoism or Solipsism. a1881 A. Barratt Physical Metempiric (1883) 25 At any rate, Solipsism, if not inconceivable, is in the highest degree incredible. 1884 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 294 As long as we confine ourselves to the world given in experience..we must profess solipsism. 1901 J. McCabe tr. F. K. C. L. Büchner Last Words Materialism 114 Ostwald's view seems, when we follow it to its last consequences, to culminate in that solipsism, or denial of the reality of the outer world,..which Schopenhauer justly called ‘theoretical egoism and lunacy’. 1914 M. Saben Spirit of Life i. 10 The weakness of many idealistic systems of philosophy is that they are, logically, solipsisms. 1929 Monist 39 508 Carnap..affirms nothing at all concerning metaphysical reality, more particularly not denying such reality also to the things of the external order and to the experiences of others, as does metaphysical solipsism. 1972 Rev. Metaphysics 25 683 Such a conception of representations leads to an epistemological solipsism in which our contact with the world that surrounds us is at best tenuous and distant. 2000 S. Priest Subj. in Question iv. 144 Solipsism is an idealist thesis because ‘Only my mind exists’ entails ‘Only minds exist’ and that is a kind of idealism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836
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