"I think there for I am" this does not make any sense because...?

Question

you might be imagining that you fiscally exist even tho you don't.
how do you explain this?

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so I spelld it wrong so what , please just answer

so I spelld it wrong so what , please just answer.

so I spelled it wrong so what, please just answer.

'physically'

Answer 1

You're confused. Descartes meant that any mentation whatsoever requires existence. Imagining, whatever. His point was that SOMETHING is performing a mental act. Also, he did not mean that he exists because he thinks, but that he knows that something is doing the thinking. And lastly, he was not talking about anybody but himself. His cogito ergo sum does not make any sense? You are up against the Oxford, Berkeley, Harvard, Princeton, Cambridge gang with that one! Give them a call.

Answer 2

You mean physically? First of all, Descartes' philosophy tends to get boiled down to this one sentence, but his entire concept was somewhat more vast than that. I'm assuming you've seen the Matrix, right? That whole trilogy relied heavily on Cartesian logic to drive its narrative. For example: the people in the MAtrix believed that what they were experiencing was real life because they were the ones experiencing it, correct? So when Neo takes the pill and goes "down the rabbit hole" with Morpheus and he discovers that what he always thought of as "the world" was actually a computer program, and the real world was a dark, desolate place engulfed in warfare, he originally freaks out, but then learns to use the matrix to his advantage- because he now knows the truth, he can use his mind to control any situation that occurs in the matrix- he can jump higher and broader than it is physically possible to do, he can master martial arts techniques he never formally learned, and he can leap from one building to another because he doesn't have to fear death, because it's not real. That's basically the logic behind Descartes' famous statement.

Answer 3

If you can imagine something(think) you must exist to be imagining/thinking it! The "cogito ergo sum" argument is not talking about what you are... it states very simply that you "are" (nothing more)! Or to be more correct. It states that I am... you in the other hand could be my imagination! A very poor piece of my imagination! So, I actually hope you are real and not something coming from me!
Go on and read Descartes' argument. Find out what brought it about!
Stop assuming silly things you obviously never stopped to truly understand or find out about! Sorry, to be so brisk, but it is true beyond any question.

Answer 4

Latin: “I think, therefore I am”), dictum coined by René Descartes as a first step in demonstrating the attainability of certain knowledge.
According to Descartes who spoke only of his own experience, he said... because even if an all-powerful demon were to try to deceive me into thinking that I exist when I do not, I would have to exist for the demon to deceive me. Therefore, whenever I think, I exist. Furthermore, he argued, the statement “I am” (sum) expresses an immediate intuition, not the conclusion of dubious reasoning, and is thus indubitable. Whatever I know, I know intuitively that I am.
It seems to me that you need a mind to imagine anything,
and if you are the possessor of a mind then you do exist.

Answer 5

A great set-up for
" I make mistakes, therefore I am human"

In answer to your intended question, thought can exist outside of the physical body. Your thoughts on your existence are independant of this physical reality. It is possible our physicality is an illusion perpetuated by our senses.

For the unintended question, our 'fiscal existence' is most definately an illusion and does not exist in any real sense. The dollar is no longer backed by gold deposits.

Answer 6

I thought it was the knowledge of the "I" or self that validated existance. I took intro to Philosophy a couple years ago and the teacher explained that referring to the self as "I" is what proves existence.

Answer 7

Philosophy is the devil created by an idol mind?

Answer 8

"I think therefore I am" (cogito ergo sum) doesn't prove anything, because the statement asserts existence to prove existence. (ie the first 'I' in the statement indicates an existant body acting, to prove it is existing.) The statement is a fallacy.

Answer 9

I think you should learn how to spell before you try to understand something like "I think therefore I am"

No wonder you don't get it.

Answer 10

AKA: "Cogito, ergo sum"
philosophy is nuts, i love it.........

be optimistic about it, dont over analyze you'll kill yourself over it
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