PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Cogito Ergo Sum
15 May 2017
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Why not allow that i am generally deceived as well. Some people would doubt the existence of an omnipotent/benevolent god my deception. How can i be so sure of such a god and that he would forbid. After all, the beliefs about god and god"s nature seem to be exactly the on-justified, always-been-there part of one"s upbringing kinds of belief that. Imagines instead some evil mind who is all powerful and cunning and devoted all its energy to deceiving me. Leads to reject all formerly stable beliefs such as belief of arms, legs, eyes. Goes back to all things he has rejected as doubtful o there is no sky, no earth no minds, no bodies. Does the absence of all this mean that he also doesn"t exist. If i am begin exist, i must exist in order to be deceived. His existence is the one thing beyond doubt. I think, therefore, i am (cogito ergo sum)
