It doesn’t include “perception of our own thoughts” because they’re not a thing to witness like a smell or visuals. You manufacture them immediately yourself, you don’t observe them. That’s Descartes entire point.
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xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.com 11 months agoIf we don’t have the baseline of trusting our senses, which should include perception of our own thoughts; how can we make that statement? Why should one trust perception of thought over other senses?
c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Correct, but you exist for sure, because you are hearing that voice, whatever it actually is. Even if it is a hallucination, it is you perceiving it. So at least of your own existence, you can be sure.