The Cogito: Indubitability without Knowledge?

How should we understand both the nature, and the epistemic potential, of Descartes’s Cogito? Peter Slezak’s interpretation of the Cogito’s nature sees it strictly as a selfreferential kind of denial: Descartes cannot doubt that he is doubting. And what epistemic implications flow from this interpre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephen Hetherington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2009-04-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/13917/18053