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Descartes Explains Cogito Through Self Reflection

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Descartes Explains Cogito Through Self Reflection

Descartes, Rene · Philosopher

Descartes argued that the act of doubting cannot eliminate the existence of the thinker performing it. The insight gave his philosophical reconstruction a starting point resistant to skeptical challenge.

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