They are objecting to the "I," — NotAristotle
Here's a seperate point, made by Corvus, Beverly and myself, and pretty much unaddressed by others: It has not been shown that the Cogito is valid. — Banno
Here's a seperate point, made by Corvus, Beverly and myself, and pretty much unaddressed by others: It has not been shown that the Cogito is valid.
Indeed, in propositional logic, the Cogito would be rendered
1. p ⊃ q
Which is invalid. — Banno
Oh, I see - you just wanted to join in the kick fest. — Banno
Here's the Cogito:
Cogito: I think ⊃ I exist
Here is a mooted proof that I exist, from various corespondents...
1. I think ⊃ I exist. (Cogito, assumption)
2. I think. (assumption)
3. ⊢ I exist. (1.2, MPP)
This proof is not the Cogito, although it makes use of the Cogito. It does not show that the cogito is true, because it assumes the Cogito. — Banno
Here's a seperate point, made by Corvus, Beverly and myself, and pretty much unaddressed by others: It has not been shown that the Cogito is valid.
Indeed, in propositional logic, the Cogito would be rendered
1. p ⊃ q
Which is invalid. — Banno
That is why he wrote Meditations and not Disputations or theorems and problems. By doing this he wanted so send a clear message that he didn’t want to deal with anyone unwilling to join him in meditating and attending closely. Those who are set to attack the truth, just for that sake, are less suited in perceiving it, for instead of properly attending to the convincing arguments which support the truth, they’d be busy with looking for counter-arguments to deny it.
So are you, in a somewhat constipated fashion, saying that the cogito is not an inference, but an intuition? — Banno
"I think, therefore I am", rendered as "p⊃q", is invalid. — Banno
What you call "the complete argument" is obviously circular. Hardly convincing. — Banno
You are playing on "solid" here, on the he misapprehension that we can only know stuff if we are certain of it, if our belief is indubitable. — Banno
1. I think ⊃ I exist. (Cogito, assumption)
2. I think. (assumption)
3. ⊢ I exist. (1.2, MPP) — Banno
...an intuition. — Lionino
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