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Decartes vs. Russell on Whether The Self Is An Object And The Mind Stability
Decartes vs. Russell on Whether The Self Is An Object And The Mind Stability
Descartes says that the proposition "I exist" is certain, because of the theory he uses in the first meditation. If we think we exist, then were thinking period. So even if we think we don't exist, then that proves that were still thinking, therefor ....
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.... argument for existing is much more believable, for the simple fact that if we think anything we must exist. I think are minds do have stability. Memory is a proof of the stability of the mind. I think that memory is also proof that there is only one self, because if you have a new self for every new sequence of data it would be impossible to have a memory. If memory is stored in our minds and basically our minds are our selfs, and you had a new self f ....
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