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Cogito Argument, The

Cogito Argument, The

Cogito Argument, The

(Lat. cogito, I think) An argument of the type employed by Descartes (Meditation II) to establish the existence of the self. Descartes’ Cogito, ergo sum (“I think, therefore I exist”) is an attempt to establish the existence of the self in any act of thinking, including even the act of doubting. The cogito ergo sum is, as Descartes himself insisted, not so much inference as a direct appeal to intuition, but it has commonly been construed as an argument because of Descartes’ formulation. — L.W.

Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy