When it
makes sense to say “I see this”, or “this
is seen”, pointing to what I see, it also makes
sense to say “I
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see this”, or
“this is seen”, pointing to something I
don't see. When I made my solipsist
statement, I pointed, but I robbed the pointing of its sense by
inseparably connecting that which points and that to which it
points. I constructed a clock with all its wheels,
etc., and in the end fastened the dial to the
pointer and made it go round with it. And in this way
the solipsist's “Only this is really
seen” reminds us of a tautology.