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Cogito: "I think". According to Descartes the prove that I exist, because the subject may even reach the doubts about its existence just by thinking and the subject must exist in order to think. Kant speaks of the "I think" that must accompany all my ideas/conceptions/notions/presentations, in order to make them my representations.See also thinking, existence, justification, representation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.
Author
Concept
Summary/Quotes
Sources
Robert Nozick on Cogito - Dictionary of Arguments
II 87
cogito/Descartes/LichtenbergVsDescartes: has not established that "he thinks," but only that "it thinks".
>Skepticism/Descartes, >Doubts, >I think.
Problem/Nozick: What is my knowledge that I am?
>Knowledge, >Self-knowledge, >Self-consciousness, >Self-identification, >Consciousness._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals
indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate
the page number. The corresponding books
are indicated on the right hand side.
((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.
No I
R. Nozick
Philosophical Explanations Oxford 1981
No II
R., Nozick
The Nature of Rationality 1994