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Cogito Ergo Sum Analysis

alexandershortt

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A reconstruction of the famous argument from Descartes.

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9 propositions

7 inferences

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Claim

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




Consequences

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

and

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

Then it must be true that...

I cannot rationally doubt that I am thinking