Re: Query: Boku desu sentence meaning.

On Nov 15, 6:14 pm, Bart Mathias <math...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I see the "rephrase" as valid, in the sense of awareness that doesn't
include things like being aware of unicorns or ghosts, etc. In that
sense, one can't be aware of something that doesn't exist.

Well, assuming the self were aware of unicorns, that self would still
exist. I.e., I have to exist, in order to imagine unicorns.

But I don't think it is a paraphrase. Descartes left out the "if," for
one thing.

It's logically equivalent. "I'm home by 7 pm, therefore I'm not late
for dinner" "If I'm home by 7 pm, then I'm not late for dinner."

Berkeley's?) professed doubt of his own existence. It didn't last long,
and I soon decided it doesn't really matter whether I'm me or not, so to

I think it is Berkeley, and he solved the problem by saying that we're
all just ideas in God's mind.

speak, question-begging-wise. But logically does a self have to be
*my*self?

Yes, by definition. If you are aware of a self, then you are aware of
your own self. Assuming there is only one self in existence, it would
still be your self. We can only posit other selves, since we can never
have intimate knowledge of them.

Marc
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