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Wheel_of_Logic t1_j8ngh2f wrote

Reply to comment by Masimat in /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 13, 2023 by BernardJOrtcutt

Not even the cogito has been established with agreement between philosophers. As far as I can tell, the part everyone agrees on is something like 'thinking is going on', but involving the terms 'I' and 'being' is contested.

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Masimat t1_j8no7do wrote

I thought that was what is meant with 'cogito', i.e. "There's thinking going on"?

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Wheel_of_Logic t1_j8nqg5p wrote

Well, I that's what you meant, then fine - I usually use 'the cogito' as shorthand for the entire expression, 'cogito ergo sum' (and the thought it represents). Given that cogito is literally a first person singular verb, I think it might be useful to use a different description to indicate the impersonal 'there's thinking going on' - but that's just semantics at this point:)

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Masimat t1_j8nr6jj wrote

Just Googled it and you are right.

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