I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am?

Question

Can anyone figure out what's the meaning behind this quote?

Answer 1

Actually, St. Augustine said it first (according to Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology). He said, "Si fallor, sum"--"If I doubt, I exist."



Anyway you take the statement, it means that if something is going on that gives a definition to "consciousness" i.e., doubt, thoughts, mental states, then it implies the existence of that consciousness as a verb, (consciousness OF the entity of a "something") (meaning that objective reality exists); but also that a container exists in which this entity of consciousness is housed. That container is the noun called "consciousness".



Both the verb and the noun version of the word means it exists. If it exists, where does it exist? It exists in you; therefore "you am" (!)

Answer 2

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