Combining Philosophers

Ideas for J Fodor / E Lepore, Friedrich Schleiermacher and John Searle

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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito

3828	Thinking must involve a self, not just an "it" [Searle]
	Full Idea: We should not say "It thinks" in preference to "I think". If thinking is an active, voluntary process, there must be a self who thinks.
	From: John Searle (Rationality in Action [2001], Ch.3.IX)