Originally Posted By: Tutor Turtle
Originally Posted By: redewenur
Originally Posted By: Tutor Turtle
Who or what is the "I" and what is "Am-ness"? Does it extend beyond the flesh or is it contained and born of the flesh? What facts will support the fact?

It says nothing about what it is and doesn't assume the existence of anything else, including the flesh. Simply cogito ergo sum.


So it (the"I") is separate from the flesh, and am-ness being related to thinking, is or isn't of or related to the flesh?

I'm not a student of philosophy, much less of Descartes, but the statement "I think, therefore I am" says nothing about the existence of anything other than thought. Neither does it deny the existence of anything else. It's stated as a self-evident 'fact', and whether or not you take it be the only fact of which you can have complete certainty is for you to decide.

"Time is what prevents everything from happening at once" - John Wheeler