I cannot rationally doubt that I am thinking
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If it is true that...
For any proposition P, if it is not possible for an evil being of supreme power to convince me of P when P is false, then I cannot rationally doubt P 0 0 1and
It is not possible for an evil being of supreme power to convince me that I am thinking when it is false that I am thinking 0 0 1Then it must be true that...
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If it is true that...
I cannot rationally doubt that I am thinking 0 0 1Then it must be true that...
I am thinking 0 0 1Mentions
A reconstruction of the famous argument from Descartes.
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I am thinking 0 0 1For any proposition P, if it is not possible for an evil being of supreme power to convince me of P when P is false, then I cannot rationally doubt P 0 0 1It is not possible for an evil being of supreme power to convince me that I am thinking when it is false that I am thinking 0 0 1An evil being has convinced me that I am thinking but I am not thinking 0 0 1I am convinced that I am thinking 0 0 1I am not thinking 0 0 1It is not rational to think a single religion is correct 1 1 2If I am convinced of something, I do not have to be thinking 0 1 1Rationality is not the difference but the principle of the difference 1 0 2Humans believe what seems to be true without a better reason to think otherwise 1 0 2