Rene Descartes 1596-1650 Rene Descartes 1596-1650
Rene Descartes 1596-1650 Rene Descartes 1596-1650
Rene Descartes 1596-1650 Rene Descartes 1596-1650
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Criticisms of the Cogito:Does the Cogito really establish anything?It is not really an argument at all. If it were an argument,then it would have as its premise: “I am thinking,” andfrom the premise alone, it would derive its conclusion, “Iexist.” But another premise is needed to make such aline of reasoning valid: “Thinking things exist.” Yet,<strong>Descartes</strong> cannot know that thinking things exist, giventhat he has doubted everything.70