Distinction

A friend forwarded to me this link:

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/09/subjective-reality-vs-solipsism/

Pavlina is using "solipsism" as a belief, a firm belief that my consciousness is the only consciousness in existence. I use "solipsism" as an absence of belief, esentially agnosticism towards all of reality. My consciousness might be the only consciousness in existence, or it might not be; I do not and cannot know.

Within formal circles of philosophical study, Pavlina's usage would be termed "metaphysical solipsism;" my usage would be termed "epistemological solipsism."

http://www.radiganneuhalfen.com/index_files/TheSteppePhilosophy.htm