Eli5 the term “I think, therefore I am” I know it’s some what of a term about self awareness

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Eli5 the term “I think, therefore I am” I know it’s some what of a term about self awareness

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Many good detailed answers here, but simplified: Descartes wanted the foundation of his philosophy to be impossible to doubt. So he starts by doubting everything. He concludes that everything can be doubted, EXCEPT the existence of the doubter.