I originally wrote a note to myself a while back to describe the philosophy of solipsism. But luckily, there's also that link I just found in Google to help everyone out. No, I didn't read it.
Given that solipsism has the following premise... All elements of the universe originate from oneself. Think of it like two rays pulling out of a point, making a cone shape field of vision, much like a camera would. And from this camera analogy, we would say that the camera would never be able to see itself.
As I write this, I'm already thinking, hello? Light-based device? Get a light-reflective object like a mirror. True. See Mario 64, where you can see Lakitu, the camera-man in the room of mirrors.
Anyway, I only took the camera analogy because of the style of the field of vision... I don't think there exists any philosophically reflective object that can shed light on one's universe. I still haven't, of course, read the article to which I linked...
Posted by Mark Canlas at April 17, 2004 08:04 PM