笛卡尔 “我思故我在”中的自我关系问题

Descartes'Self-relationship in"I think,therefore I am"

笛卡尔在“第二沉思”中证明了“我存在”以及“我的本质是思维的东西”,进而把“我存在”与“我的本质”等同起来,构成了著名的“我思故我在”的命题。梳理“第二沉思”中的论证结构可以阐明“我思”与“我在”之间的关系与“我思故我在”的具体内涵。通过对于这一命题中自我关系问题的分析,“我思故我在”可以被重构为更加符合逻辑的“我思考我在,故我在”。在此基础上,“我思考我在”这一前提中的两个“我”需要被视为同一主体,且其指代范围应当被限定为纯粹思维。

In"Second Meditation"Descartes proved that"I exist"and"My essence is the thing of thinking",and then equated"I exist"with"My essence",forming the famous proposition"I think,therefore I am."The relationship between"I think"and"I am",and the specific connotation of"I think,therefore I am"can be clarified through sorting out the argument structure in"Second Meditation".Through the analysis of the self-relationship in this proposition,"I think,therefore I am"can be reconstructed into a more logical"I think I am,therefore I am."On this basis,the two"I"is in the premise need to be regarded as the same subject,and the scope of their reference should be limited to pure thinking.