O'Brien, L;
(2015)
Ambulo Ergo Sum.
Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement
, 76
pp. 57-75.
10.1017/S1358246115000090.
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Abstract
It is an extraordinary thing that Descartes' famous Cogito argument is still being puzzled over; this paper is another fragment in an untiring tradition of puzzlement. The paper will argue that, if I were to ask the question ‘do I have a grounds for thinking that I exist?’ the Cogito could provide for a positive answer. In particular, my aim in this is to argue, in opposition to recent discussion by John Campbell, that there is a way of construing conscious thinking on which the Cogito can be seen to provide a non-question begging argument for one's own existence.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ambulo Ergo Sum |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1358246115000090 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1358246115000090 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1507892 |
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