DESCARTES VE ÖZNE OLARAK BENLİK

Authors : Sahabettin YALÇIN

Pages : 107-118

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Publication Date : 2003-12-15

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :In this paper, Descartes\` theory of self and self-knowledge is being examined. Descartes claims that self-knowledge has a special status, and is more certain that sensory knowledge, because while it is acquired directly through an intellectual intuition, sensory knowledge is mediated. The aim of Descartes\` cogito argument is to show that self-knowledge is the most certain of all kinds of knowledge and, that because of this it is absolutely indubitable. However, as I try to show in this paper, Descartes makes unjustified deductions from the cogito argument such as that the thinking self is a simple, immortal substance. I argue that while the cogito argument proves that \`I as a subject\` must exist, it does not give us any insight into the nature of this T. That is to say, the cogito argument does not show that this T is a simple, immortal, and thinking substance.
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