I'm thinking

Ratio 14 (3):222-233 (2001)
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Abstract

This paper aims to show that the ‘I'm thinking’, to really be the awareness of an act of thought, must refer to or indicate particular thought‐contents that are not actually being focused on in the consciousness. A consequence of this is that the ‘I'm thinking’ lacks the absolute incorrigibility necessary to justify its role as a premise for the cogito.

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Claudio Costa
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

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