In defense of sollipsm. There IS no objective reality.

I accept. Since I am taking the place as Con, I will be arguing that Solipsism is wrong and there can be an objective reality. Before I begin, if anyone doesn’t know what Solipsism is, Solipsism “is the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist.” [http://en.wikipedia.org...] So basically, Solipsism is the belief that the self only exist and no one else; only the self’s experience can be verified. Now we have the definition out of the way, I will now present my initial arguments. ______________________________________________________________________________ Argument #1: Solipsism arises as an epistemological problem Solipsism arises as an epistemological problem because, simply, it’s a paradox. According to the definition that I’ve verified, the self can only be sure to exist and there is no objectivity. Well, this definition that I’ve shown is objective and it’s absolute because that definition defines the word, “Solipsism.” Plus, if there isn’t an objective reality and if my opponent proves that there is no objective reality, then that would be an objective reality; therefore, the resolution is paradoxical and Pro will lose the debate. (Objective – not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and REPRESENTING FACTS.) [https://www.google.com...] ______________________________________________________________________________ Argument #2: Then, there’s the Proselytism problem with Solipsism According to this article I found, Solipsism has Proselytism (the act of attempting to convert people to another religion or opinion) problems because it would be extremely difficult to convince someone to believe in Solipsism. The author of this article used to believe in Solipsism. According to the article, there are only two ways to prove to someone that Solipsism is true. 1. “You have to convince them that they are the valid being, and that you yourself are a projection of their own self. However they'll know you can't possibly believe this yourself and will therefore believe sternly that it is not true.” 2. “You have to convince them that they are a projection of your imagination. Which they simply will never believe, because they are conscious themselves.” You can’t prove that only one being exist and that one being controls the entire universe because everyone has their own self-consciousness. According to Pro’s resolution, “nothing exists permanently without conscious awareness.” There are things that people are not aware of, but they still exist. For example, Ovarian and Esophageal cancer. These cancers are extremely difficult to detect, yet they exist. There are other diseases that can occur in our bodies that we wouldn’t be aware or suspecting of. [http://www.humantruth.info...] [http://www.insidershealth.com...] ______________________________________________________________________________ Argument #3: There could only be ONE PERSON. Since only the self can be verified to be existent, there could be only one person who is correct in their beliefs. So, if two Solipsists meet each other, one must be illusionary. If, hypothetically, 100 Solipsists congregate together for some discussion or whatever, 99 of them must be excluded. If you have an increasing number of Solipsists, 99.999999% of those believers must be non-existent. Then, it will cause a general problem because it might not be true for ANYONE. That’s because it’s not true at all. But, since there are 7.236 Billion people on Earth, each with their own consciousness and cognition, this belief would have issues in terms of Epistemology. [http://www.humantruth.info...] [http://www.worldometers.info...] ______________________________________________________________________________ Argument #4: Simply, everyone on Earth exists Existing, in definition, means “to have actual being, to be real, and to continue to be or live.” [http://www.merriam-webster.com...] That means you are there; you can come down to the conclusion and prove that something is there. Obviously, I’m typing my arguments with a computer. That is a fact and it is an objective reality. Well, at least, for right now because how else would the message get to the Debate.Org servers? If you can see, touch, feel, hear, and taste something, it exists. Its common sense guys. It doesn’t take a philosopher or an epistemologist to figure that out. ______________________________________________________________________________ Argument #5: Solipsism is a misunderstanding of the human mind According to another article I found, "The philosophical problem of solipsism is posed by abstracting one’s own mind from that of others, but this abstraction presupposes that the world is already given as a shared world. Hence solipsism presupposes its own refutation. It is a confusion, not a valid proposition. True solipsism would require that I do not experience myself as a single self in distinction from other selves, but that I experience myself as the only self that exists. But that is impossible, for self is only defined by other. So again, solipsism is impossible in principle." [http://stray-ideas.blogspot.com...] ______________________________________________________________________________ Argument #6: You can't possibly have everything as a figment of your imagination especially if that thing is uncontrollable or you haven’t even learned about it. According to the definition, imagination is “the ability to imagine things that are not real: the ability to form a picture in your mind of something that you have not seen or experienced.” [http://www.merriam-webster.com...] Again, this part in the Solipsism definition is paradoxical because if everything did come down from your imagination, you would most likely have superpowers right now because you could just imagine yourself flying around like Superman. But, that’s not the case that’s happening right now. _____________________________________________________________________________ Argument #7: There are absolute truths No matter which view you look at it, 1 + 1 will always equal 2. 3 Cubed (3 to the 3rd power) will always equal 27. Mathematics is not the only examples of absolute truths. Besides mathematics, we will all die eventually. Every human has a birth date and will have a death eventually at some point. That is an actual fact and you can’t prove that statement false because no human has immortality. In the history of the human race, every member of the species has been born and died at some point.