Explain what Rene Descartes meant when he said, "Cogito, ergo sum." (I think, therefore I am).

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11 November, 14:32

Explain what Rene Descartes meant when he said, "Cogito, ergo sum." (I think, therefore I am).

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Josh Richardson · Answer 1

Cogito, ergo sum is a Latin philosophical proposition by Rene Descartes usually translated into English as "I think, therefore I am". The critique against the proposition is the presupposition of an "I" doing the thinking, so that the most Descartes was entitled to say was "thinking is occurring".