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Old 05-21-2009, 05:55 PM   #31
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I always thought the problem with Descartes' "cogito ergo sum" was that he assumed the "I" in the premise, which was what he was trying to prove: "I" think, therefore "I" am. That's why later on he changed it from a syllogism to the axiom "I am, I exist." Of course, I've also read that he never meant for "cogito ergo sum" to be a syllogism anyway. So maybe I'm just confused.

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