Descartes 2- The Cognito- Meditations 2 &3- trademark argument

The cognito

• Descartes attempts to rebuild knowledge
• any experience due to the evil demon, could be deceived
• our false memories- not reliable- a lot of what we have learned in the past could be the evil demon manipulating us
• The cognito, "I think, therefore I am" " je pense, donc je suis"- not in the meditation but highly important
• "COGITO ERGO SUM"- Latin- "where certainty starts from"
• What am I?- " I know that I exist"- would imply that I can say something about what I am 
• The evil demon could contradict all that I think I am... a human...a student etc
• ANYTHING that I would be providing evidence for is therefore open to doubt!
• Descartes claims that the evidence for my existence is thinking- so I am a thinking thing!
• He uses word spirit- MIND, INTELLECT AND PSYCHE- he doesn't mean a spiritual manner. 
• He believes it is possible we have a body and memories but that the only certain thing is that we THINK.- Descartes uses "think" in a broad sense- PROPOSITIONAL THOUGHT- proposition usually the rough meaning of a sentence; what the sentence expressess- the argument works for whatever is going on in your head! e.g sensory perception of the world
• awareness= a good synonymn- stuff coming into your head..
• cartesian "thinking"
• indirect awareness- a mistake i.e thinking it's another object that it isn't
• direct awareness- the mistake is different i.e thought the colour was different- Descartes suggests that there are no mistakes in direct awareness- relies on internal conciousness/awareness.
• You are directly, conciously aware of the image inside your head; everything else is indirect awareness.
• BUT as long as you are aware of something, you exist!
• properties of mental imagery= PHENOMENAL CONTENTS
• INFALLIABILISM- you knowing what is going on inside your head cannot be doubted!
  
• so the argument is structured: 1.) I THINK THEREFORE I AM 2.) I KNOW WHAT I AM THINKING
• everything else IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DOUBT i.e not certain
• because he is a rationalist- this comes from what you do with the images when you've got them
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