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.
