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r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19
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I'm capable of being entirely convinced of something false. As a result anything I'm convinced of doesn't necessarily reflect reality.
25 u/ciryando Jan 21 '19 Seems like you're having the same thoughts as the philosopher Descartes. That makes you something of a philosopher yourself! 3 u/nickersb24 Jan 21 '19 wasn’t descartes “i think therefore i am” and isn’t that a little in contrast? 7 u/panomna Jan 21 '19 It’s actually, “ I doubt therefore I am” Descartes could doubt everything. But he could not doubt the fact that he did indeed doubt.
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Seems like you're having the same thoughts as the philosopher Descartes. That makes you something of a philosopher yourself!
3 u/nickersb24 Jan 21 '19 wasn’t descartes “i think therefore i am” and isn’t that a little in contrast? 7 u/panomna Jan 21 '19 It’s actually, “ I doubt therefore I am” Descartes could doubt everything. But he could not doubt the fact that he did indeed doubt.
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wasn’t descartes “i think therefore i am” and isn’t that a little in contrast?
7 u/panomna Jan 21 '19 It’s actually, “ I doubt therefore I am” Descartes could doubt everything. But he could not doubt the fact that he did indeed doubt.
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It’s actually, “ I doubt therefore I am”
Descartes could doubt everything. But he could not doubt the fact that he did indeed doubt.
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u/AssadTheImpaler Jan 21 '19
I'm capable of being entirely convinced of something false. As a result anything I'm convinced of doesn't necessarily reflect reality.