THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE CARTESIAN COGITO, ITS DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS IN DESCARTES AND THE PROBLEMS OF SELFAWARENESS OF BEING THROUGH INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE OR THROUGH ENTHYMEME

Abstract

The article deals with the historical background of the Cartesian cogito in Saint Augustine, Gómez Pereira and Francisco Sánchez, as well as the different Descartes´ formulations, and tries to elucidate whether the cogito is intuitive knowledge or enthymeme.