In 1637, Rene Descartes penned the famous line, “Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am).” But while Descartes sought to use intelligence, thought, and self-awareness very broadly as proof of his ...

I first heard the word “cogito” in college and it remains one of the few Latin words imprinted in my vocabulary. Literally meaning, “I think,” the term is most often associated with the famous dictum ...

Rene Descartes (1596–1650) is the author of perhaps the most famous philosophical quote of all, cogito ergo sum, usually rendered as I think, therefore I am. There is however more to this quote, and ...

The School of Modern History and Philosophy continued to attract philosophy aficionados and students from the twin cities as it wrapped up its lectures for the month of May. The school, a ...

Sometime, around 1600 A.D., Rene Descartes asked himself, “Who am I” and discovered that everything he knew or believed was the product of someone else’s thinking. He vowed to discard everything he ...

Descartes' denial of the senses and notion of the individual self are explored by Richard Francks By Richard Francks I said yesterday that although Descartes’ denial of the senses strikes us as ...

Today it might sound pretty outlandish, but in fact the Latin West’s preoccupation with a number of philosophical issues since the Middle Ages had its precedent in the intense deliberations of the ...

Antonio Damasio’s two previous books, Descartes’s Error and The Feeling of What Happens, appealed not only to scientists. The citations, prizes and honours, not ...

I first heard the word “cogito” in college and it remains one of the few Latin words imprinted in my vocabulary. Literally meaning, “I think,” the term is most often associated with the famous dictum ...