cogito

Definition

The argument "cogito, ergo sum" ("I think therefore I am") from the philosophy of René Descartes; the mental act of thinking this thought; a conscious being which performs this mental act.

Example Sentences

• "The Cogito of Descartes and Husserl is an apprehension of fact. […] Such a Cogito is performed by a consciousness directed upon consciousness, a consciousness which takes consciousness as an object."
• "But are there not as many consciousnesses or cogitos as there are individuals?"
• "An obvious candidate for this class of propositions would be the cogito, whose evidence, Descartes insisted, is not founded on inference."