Re: Leibniz: I think, therefore there is an I
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 rclo...@verizon.net 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Leibniz: I think, therefore there is an I
Oops. I meant unwarranted of course :) On 21 November 2013 21:09, LizR lizj...@gmail.com 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 rclo...@verizon.net 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Leibniz: I think, therefore there is an I
Bertrand Russell said Descarte stopped his doubting one step to soon. He should have said what is truly indubitable is, There is thinking. Brent On 11/21/2013 12:09 AM, LizR 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 rclo...@verizon.net mailto:rclo...@verizon.net 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:everything-list%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com. 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Leibniz: I think, therefore there is an I
Which could almost be comp, in a nutshell. On 22 November 2013 07:22, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: Bertrand Russell said Descarte stopped his doubting one step to soon. He should have said what is truly indubitable is, There is thinking. -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Leibniz: I think, therefore there is an I
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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
