When one thought one had understood Descartes's concept...Athena had a deep philosophical conversation with me on her way to summer camp. If what makes us know that we "are" is thinking, does a baby know he or she is thinking? Does it mean that only when we are counscious of our thoughts we "are"? And at what age does that happen?
I was quite at a loss and it was unnerving because WTOP news was just talking about stem cell research, Bush's veto, etc, and I felt I had no answer for my 12 years old daughter.
Indeed, when are we counscious that we think? When "are" we?
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