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2007-03-30 03:24:08 · 3 answers · asked by Life's Good!! 3 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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Probably mean the Latin phrase:

Res Cognita

Res = thing
Cognita = an adjective meaning: known; tried/proved; noted, acknowledged/recognized

Generally used in the sense of 'thing noted or acknowledged' to mean the point under discussion or being considered/argued.

2007-03-30 04:15:28 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 1 0

I think therefore I am
Descartes nearly gets it right. How do we know we think? usually because the sense of the mind that is our discursive voice, or internal imagery provide an answer to some question we have possed. This "thinking" doesnt hwoever mean "we are". We still are even without thinking so long as we are aware of our senses. Likewise we could remove most of our senses and still be thinking.

So the underlying point is that I am because I am aware. I might be aware of my thinking or of something else, but awareness is a lower basis to being then just thinking. Descartes nearly got it right.

2007-03-30 10:34:01 · answer #2 · answered by Indiana Frenchman 7 · 0 1

Res Conita is latin for the mind. It is used mainly in a philsophical context and is referred to in the philsophy of Rene Descartes.

2007-03-30 10:31:30 · answer #3 · answered by notaxpert 6 · 1 1

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