This is the philosophical position that only the subject exists
and all impressions of others and the outside world are
illusory. While many dismiss solipsism as an extreme or strange
view, others say it is logically impossible to prove or
disprove. If one believes, however, that God is good and, as
such, would not deceive the subject with a chimerical world
peopled by phantom others, one would likely reject solipsism.
Although many philosophers maintain that solipsism cannot be
proved or disproved, probably because they’ve been taught this
in a university course or a philosophy book, there is another
way to look at the problem. And this way doesn’t necessarily
need the idea of God to reject solipsism on the grounds of it
being an impractical and bad way of living. Basically, we can
ask: What if solipsism is false? In the face of this
uncertainty, doesn’t it make ethical sense to live as if others
are real? Some have likened solipsism to the Asian concept of
maya (Sanskrit = illusion, deception). Maya is the