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To: B-Chan
Some have argued, like Hintikka, that cogito ergo sum is "demonstrated" because it is meant to be a performative assertion: the act of its assertion is, via performance, its truth. Along the same lines cogito ergo sum can also be translated as "I am thinking, therefore I am."

I always liked the second meditation the best.

51 posted on 11/04/2002 10:25:53 AM PST by diotima
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To: diotima
Actually, I believe he put Descartes before de horse!
389 posted on 02/11/2003 12:50:46 PM PST by albee
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