The School of Modern History and Philosophy continued to attract philosophy aficionados and students from the twin cities as it wrapped up its lectures for the month of May. The school, a ...

The first writing assignment for incoming Biodesign students was the simple, yet potentially profound question, “Who Am I?” I thought it was an important way for the students to begin their life-long ...

NEW YORK, June 4 -- Even people who know almost nothing about philosophy know something about Ren Descartes (1596-1650). They certainly know his famous formula "Cogito ergo sum" -- "I think, therefore ...

These are the times of unreason. look at what is happening around. Read what is being written. Hear what is being told. From newspapers to news channels, all are talking in a language that is taxing ...

Most Americans probably have only a vague notion of Rene Descartes, the 17th-century French philosopher and mathematician, as the guy who declared, "Cogito ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am"). It's ...

Probably the strangest biography of the year, this volume is the product of more than forty years of obsession by Watson, a professor of philosophy at Washington University, in St. Louis. He is less ...

Rene Descartes stated: "I think, therefore I am", and nothing could lead me closer to finding the truth than enjoying this specific path to enlightenment. How is this done in the modern context? By ...

At first sight one might be tempted to regard Descartes' "cogito ergo sum" as logically true by existential generalisation. This however would neither exhaust the specific epistemic content of "cogito ...