[Jud]: ... the idea of the supposition of *experience* rather than *think* does more to blow the ridiculous pantomime of the cogito out of the water. Viva la...
Experiencing: Existing and/or Being? [Joe]: the topic under discussion is whether 'cogito' is properly translated as 'I experience' because Descartes used it...
Experiencing: Existing and/or Being? [Joe]: the topic under discussion is whether 'cogito' is properly translated as 'I experience' because Descartes used it...
0: Axis of Error Descartes made a valiant attempt to use 'thinking' the way that we would use 'experiencing' today. however, there is an ambiguity inherent in...
Axis of Error: Heidegger Descartes made a valiant attempt to use 'thinking' the way that we would use 'experiencing' today: as the name for the entire class of...
... it seems to me that you are confusing the process of deducing a testable hypothesis from a pre-existing body of theory and the process of deducing a...
[Jud]: Just a reminder Joe - you seem to have missed answering my earlier question below regarding your version of Descartes version of *exist.* [Jud]: Exist:...
Interactions among Existing, Experiencing and Being [Joe]: in the his reply to the 6th set of objections, Descartes writes: "we must distinguish three grades...
Accepting the Evidence of Experience [Jud]: ... the idea of the supposition of *experience* rather than *think* does more to blow the ridiculous pantomime of...
... Bernard, yes, it's true that Jung defined thinking in a way that distinguishes it from feeling; but, we can't begin to interpret Descartes (or Heidegger's ...
[Joe]: the topic under discussion is whether 'cogito' is properly translated as 'I experience' because Descartes used it that way. [Jud]: So where does that...
Recently posted to the Kant list @yahoo. Since there are some Kant scholars who have posted here, I thought I'd invite your commentary also. Joe ... Subject:...
... [1] and [2] are premises in a modus ponens; so, it wouldn't make a difference that I stated them in reverse order. ... are you saying that the modus ponens...
... Descartes says (after confronting the malicious demon of supreme cunning and power), "But I do not yet understand well enough what this I is that, now...
... for reasons that remain obscure, some philosophers *do* get the idea that 'I am experiencing; therefore, I am' means that experiencing causes or produces...
... yes. 'I allege that I am alive; therefore, I am alive' is a self-verifying performative argument. the fact that I can make the self-referencing allegation...
... [Joe (new)]: I could not generate that statement for you to hear/read unless my body was alive; but, it is not yet proven that I am identical to my body;...
... Descartes denied that he acquired his knowledge this way; but, since he stated it in the _Principles of Philosophy_ which he intended to be used as a...
Omar, as long as the Experiento is a true statement, I'm not sure it matters how it is classified according to the scheme that Kant used (synthetic/analytic, a...
it does not matter whether experience is or is not justified as knowledge. it is enough that I experience; and, draw the obvious conclusion --- I have to be in...
[Joe]: however, it sounds like you have redefined 'universal quantifier'. a statement like 'I am' is more like an existentially quantified statement;...
... it is a wise move to logically separate the initial Cogito argument from Descartes' ultimate conclusion that he is a soul that would continue to exist even...
[Joe]: I am the referent of 'I' whenever I say "I am". hence, I am self-aware. since nothing unreal is self-aware, it follows that I am real (in some sense). ...
... [Joe (new)]: in some cases, perhaps most cases, that might be close enough for conversational use; after all, it worked for Lord Greystoke. however, in any...
[Joe]: however, in any inquiry into the structure of the human individual, it is woefully inadequate because it has not yet been established that the human is...
hello! is anyone aware of what the connection between Pascal's Pensees 33 and the second Meditation? Pascal 33 ''Poetical beauty.--As we speak of poetical...
I been revising my website and I've added a page that focuses exclusively on defining 'am' and discuss its use: http://what-am-i.net/alpi_am_definition.htm ...
Restatement of the Central Argument ... [Joe]: nor did I say they were. I said that you first admitted being aware of them in your last post. after months of...
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