DESCARTES VE ÖZNE OLARAK BENLİK

In this paper, Descartes' theory of self and self-knowledge is being examined. Descartes claims that self-knowledge has a special status, and is more certain that sensory knowledge, because while it is acquired directly through an intellectual intuition, sensory knowledge is mediated. The ai...

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Main Author: Sahabettin Yalçın
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Language:English
Published: Türk Felsefe Derneği 2003-12-01
Series:Felsefe Dünyası
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description In this paper, Descartes' theory of self and self-knowledge is being examined. Descartes claims that self-knowledge has a special status, and is more certain that sensory knowledge, because while it is acquired directly through an intellectual intuition, sensory knowledge is mediated. The aim of Descartes' cogito argument is to show that self-knowledge is the most certain of all kinds of knowledge and, that because of this it is absolutely indubitable. However, as I try to show in this paper, Descartes makes unjustified deductions from the cogito argument such as that the thinking self is a simple, immortal substance. I argue that while the cogito argument proves that 'I as a subject' must exist, it does not give us any insight into the nature of this T. That is to say, the cogito argument does not show that this T is a simple, immortal, and thinking substance.
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spelling doaj-art-790d274631214504972b248ef97695362025-02-02T13:23:46ZengTürk Felsefe DerneğiFelsefe Dünyası1301-08752003-12-01381071182040DESCARTES VE ÖZNE OLARAK BENLİKSahabettin Yalçın0Muğla Üniversitesi, Felsefe Bölümü.In this paper, Descartes' theory of self and self-knowledge is being examined. Descartes claims that self-knowledge has a special status, and is more certain that sensory knowledge, because while it is acquired directly through an intellectual intuition, sensory knowledge is mediated. The aim of Descartes' cogito argument is to show that self-knowledge is the most certain of all kinds of knowledge and, that because of this it is absolutely indubitable. However, as I try to show in this paper, Descartes makes unjustified deductions from the cogito argument such as that the thinking self is a simple, immortal substance. I argue that while the cogito argument proves that 'I as a subject' must exist, it does not give us any insight into the nature of this T. That is to say, the cogito argument does not show that this T is a simple, immortal, and thinking substance.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1870191
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title DESCARTES VE ÖZNE OLARAK BENLİK
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title_fullStr DESCARTES VE ÖZNE OLARAK BENLİK
title_full_unstemmed DESCARTES VE ÖZNE OLARAK BENLİK
title_short DESCARTES VE ÖZNE OLARAK BENLİK
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