solipsist

Long’s the kind of self-entitled solipsist who really needs to be bruised up in a dive bar brawl to learn the meaning of humility.

The Siren Festival : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2008

She's a bit of a solipsist – she just can't imagine life without herself in it.

Arundhati Roy: India's bold and brilliant daughter 2011

Which may just be a sign that I am a writer and therefore a solipsist.

Joan Didion’s ‘On Keeping a Notebook’ « Sour Keys 2009

I would be quite the solipsist if I said no, wouldn't I?

Slow Death by Meme darkerblogistan 2009

• Teenage solipsist Piers Morgan uses an interview with Time Out to talk about his favourite subject.

Michael White's diary 2011

Which may just be a sign that I am a writer and therefore a solipsist.

2009 April « Sour Keys 2009

It is true that the tools of science cannot be used to change the mind of a committed solipsist who believes they are a brain in a vat, manipulated by an evil demon; yet, those of us who accept the presuppositions of empirical science are able to make progress.

Sam Harris: Toward a Science of Morality Sam Harris 2010

Or as the narrator puts it in a smart aphorism of his own about Beard: "Like many clever men who prize objectivity, he was a solipsist at heart."

Ian McEwan's 'Solar': The Fat Man's Vengeance (New York Review) 2010

Or as the narrator puts it in a smart aphorism of his own about Beard: "Like many clever men who prize objectivity, he was a solipsist at heart."

Ian McEwan's 'Solar': The Fat Man's Vengeance (New York Review) 2010

It is true that the tools of science cannot be used to change the mind of a committed solipsist who believes they are a brain in a vat, manipulated by an evil demon; yet, those of us who accept the presuppositions of empirical science are able to make progress.

Sam Harris: Toward a Science of Morality 2010