Oops. I meant "unwarranted" of course :)
On 21 November 2013 21:09, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm. How about "I think, therefore there is thought" - "I perceive, > therefore there is perception" - and so on? Isn't the subject a (possibly > awarranted) assumption? > > > On 21 November 2013 19:24, Roger Clough <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Leibniz: I think, therefore there is an I >> >> The true meaning of Descartes' famous dictum, "I think, therefore I am" >> can be clarified further by restating it using Leibniz' model of >> being (essence+existent) if the proposition is restated as >> "I think, therefore there is an I", or equivalently as >> "I perceive, therefore there is an I", or in >> fact any proposition containing a the subject "I" and a verb. >> >> Such propositions are simple intentional acts by the mind, >> not the brain, where "I" is the essence or monad of the >> existent brain, which then thinks much as a violin is >> played by a violinist. >> >> This also answers Heidigger's life-long search for >> an answer to the question "what is being?" >> Being is "I am" or essence+existence. >> >> >> >> Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] >> See my Leibniz site at >> http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
