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Originally posted by AzRaeL StoRmBlaDe:
lets ask Descartes about this one. "descartes can we proove our existance?" Descartes replies "I think therefore I am." If I am conscious and I know I am conscious. No matter what you can prove or disprove about the rest of existance. your consciousness means that you exist. Descartes measured this against being tricked, by an all powerful demon, being insane, and one other thing which i forget, but they all measured up and this is the given that all philosphers use when asked this question.
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But as I said above, to do this he assumes the existance of his own consciousness. This is in fact only proven if he is proven to exist, which we have discussed he is actually trying to do in the first place. He cannot help you I'm afraid, because he kinda already assumes he exists when trying to prove it, and not assuming that he does leaves you without a proof.
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