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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Descartes is taking”I think” as indisputable. So if it’s true that I think, then there must be some subject doing the thinking, the subject who has the thoughts. That’s the “I.” Therefore, I exist. It’s not about self-awareness but rather that the fact that I think proves that I exist.