One of foxes, cowardice of curs (58)

[ish mailian]

 "The John Wayne Syndrome: Jung, the Hero Archetype, and the American Hero"

http://jungiansociety.org/index.php/the-john-wayne-syndrome-jung-the-hero-archetype-and-the-american-hero

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 9:07 AM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
> Solipsism and the Problem of Other Minds
>
> Solipsism is sometimes expressed as the view that "I am the only mind
> which exists," or "My mental states are the only mental states."
> However, the sole survivor of a nuclear holocaust might truly come to
> believe in either of these propositions without thereby being a
> solipsist. Solipsism is therefore more properly regarded as the
> doctrine that, in principle, "existence" means for me my existence and
> that of my mental states. Existence is everything that I experience --
> physical objects, other people, events and processes -- anything that
> would commonly be regarded as a constituent of the space and time in
> which I coexist with others and is necessarily construed by me as part
> of the content of my consciousness. For the solipsist, it is not
> merely the case that he believes that his thoughts, experiences, and
> emotions are, as a matter of contingent fact, the only thoughts,
> experiences, and emotions. Rather, the solipsist can attach no meaning
> to the supposition that there could be thoughts, experiences, and
> emotions other than his own. In short, the true solipsist understands
> the word "pain," for example, to mean "my pain."  He cannot
> accordingly conceive how this word is to be applied in any sense other
> than this exclusively egocentric one.
>
> http://www.iep.utm.edu/solipsis/
>
> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 8:45 AM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> e pluribus Unum
>>
>>  cowardice of curs.
>>
>>
>> http://www.metaphordogs.org/Dogs/entries/coward.html
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