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It is tempting to try to come up with ways why Descartes cogito is not necessarily true.
However, any argument attempting to disprove it seems to fall short. Because thinking refers to
such a wide range of things, we cannot cease every form of thought simultaneously. Moreover,
while we can doubt we are doing almost anything, such as walking, it is impossible to ever doubt
you are thinking. The cogito holds in every possible case, making it undoubtedly indubitable.
Works Cited
Ren Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, trans. Donald Cress (Indianapolis/Cambridge:
Hackett Publishing Company, 1993).