Solipsism is NOT Objectivism

Posted by jmlesniewski 13 years ago to Philosophy
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I've linked to the Wikipedia page here, as I've seen solipsism likened to objectivism many times in recent discussions of the movie and the book.

To state it very simply, solipsism is primacy of consciousness. Objectivism starts from primacy of existence.

There are some good insights on this issue here: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/primac...

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  • Posted by $ bigjim 13 years ago
    I think I've seen that before too. It's a superficial comparison based in ignorance. That's probably why I don't really remember it.

    Thanks for the informed clarification, jml.
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