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7. "I think, therefore I am"

Sat Jul 27, 2019, 02:18 PM

Jul 2019

The actual proposition put forth by Descartes was: "I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am."

Unwavering faith hinders rational thought.

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An old 19th century textbook I have on mineralogy opens with this sentence: [View all] MineralMan Jul 2019 OP

Director of my daughters' pre-K school wrote (just now) elleng Jul 2019 #1

Very good! MineralMan Jul 2019 #3

Excellent! Good job! MineralMan Jul 2019 #6

+1 Even Ronald Reagan said: "Trust, but verify." n/t Beartracks Jul 2019 #2

Yes, he did. That is the scientific method, more or less. MineralMan Jul 2019 #4

Not more or less. Precisely. trev Jul 2019 #8

"I think, therefore I am" trev Jul 2019 #7

It does, indeed, I think. MineralMan Jul 2019 #9

I see what you did.... :) trev Jul 2019 #10

Please post the textual inverse of this corollary for the... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #11

? Please elucidate trev Jul 2019 #12

I was imagining something on the order of... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #13

Oh, wow. Interesting postulate. trev Jul 2019 #14