2 Now it is both true and important that philosophical positions must be held by human beings, but that would not refute the ones mentioned nor banish the philosopher from the polite company of a common project. The relativist seems no more to belong to the bestiary of fantasy than does, say, Rorty's own "ironist"—or any homunculus crafted as a personified position. One still wants an account of why solipsism, scepticism, ironism, and the like are attractive in the first place. One might chalk it up to the repetition compulsion of a certain "game" called philosophy; however, one might also recognize in such positions clues to the truth of the situation in which we participants in a common project find ourselves." /> Solipsism - Crowell Steven | sdvig press