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Egocentric presentism is a weak form of solipsism introduced by Caspar Hare in which other persons can be conscious , but their experiences are simply not present .. solipsism. solipsism. Caspar Hare. Caspar John Hare. presentism. presentism ( philosophy of time ). Similarly , in related work , Hare argues for a theory of perspectival realism in which other perspectives do exist , but the present perspective has a defining intrinsic property .. perspectival realism. perspectival realism. In one example that Hare uses to illustrate his theory -LRB- starting on page 354 of the official version of his paper -RRB- , you learn that you are one of two people , named A and B , who have just been in a train crash ; and that A is about to have incredibly painful surgery .. You can not remember your name .. Naturally , you hope to be B !. The point of the example is that you know everything relevant that there is to know about the objective world ; all that is missing is your position in it , that is , whose experiences are present , A 's or B 's .. This example is easily handled by egocentric presentism because under this theory , the case where the present experiences are A 's is fundamentally different from the case where the present experiences are B 's .. presentism. presentism ( philosophy of time ). Hare points out that similar examples can be given to support theories like presentism in the philosophy of time .. presentism. presentism ( philosophy of time ). Several other philosophers have written reviews of Hare 's work on this topic .. Giovanni Merlo has given a detailed comparison to his own closely related subjectivist theory .. subjectivist. Subjectivism#Modern versions