Descartes Cogito Argument
and answers
What is Descartes Cogito - answer "I think, Therefore I am"
What is the argument - answer that everything we learn or infer
from the senses can be doubted. This is because all sense
perception can be deceived
Example - answer When a person is in extremely cold weather
places, their hands in room temperature water, they might feel that
the water is hot.
When a person has an illness, they might feel hot when it is cold or
vise versa
If everything should be doubted, then how can a person be certain
of his own existence? - answer As long as the person thinks,
therefore he exists.
and answers
What is Descartes Cogito - answer "I think, Therefore I am"
What is the argument - answer that everything we learn or infer
from the senses can be doubted. This is because all sense
perception can be deceived
Example - answer When a person is in extremely cold weather
places, their hands in room temperature water, they might feel that
the water is hot.
When a person has an illness, they might feel hot when it is cold or
vise versa
If everything should be doubted, then how can a person be certain
of his own existence? - answer As long as the person thinks,
therefore he exists.
