Cogitations: A Study of the Cogito in Relation to the Philosophy of Logic and Language and a Study of Them in Relation to the Cogit

by Jerrold J. Katz and Leo Katz

Book Overview

The cogito ergo sum of Descartes is one of the best-known (and simplest) of all philosophical formulations, but ever since it was first propounded it has defied any formal accounting of its validity. How is it that so simple and important an argument has caused such difficulty and such philosophical controversy?

In this pioneering work, Jerrold Katz argues that the problem with the cogito lies where it is least suspected--in a deficiency in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195055500
• ISBN13: 9780195055504
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"