Monday, February 9, 2009
Descartes and the Skeptic
"I think, therefor I am", is a famous quote said by Descartes. I think that this quote is very significant because it proves that you exist in some form or another. The skeptic raises questions about if we really exist or not. He asks if we are just a brain in a vac plugged into hundreds of different little wires instead of being here. I know I can think. I can make decisions about my life, and I can control myself. In this sense, I feel that I exist. I think the skeptic is wrong, and he is arguing just for the sake of arguing.
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I agree. I have never even thought about something like this until the discussion we had in class last week. For all of my life, I have been able to make my own decisions, and so have all of the other people I have been around. Some have been good, and some have been bad. I believe that the skeptic is arguing just to bring a point out. He wants to look at life in different ways, and this is the different approach he takes. I believe birth brings someone into the world and death removes them, therefore I think me and everyone else I know is a true human being.
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