Well, yes.
We can't be absolutely sure abt anything. But eg evolution is pretty secure (if we assume that reality is not an illusion)
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No, I've already claimed "something exists". I cannot see any possible way to refute that.
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Cogito ergo sum? Yes, unless our whole understanding of 'something' is flawed.
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Slightly different to Descarte's claim. I don't claim there must be an "I" thinking.
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But is it via yourself that you make the claim that something exists?
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The self could be an illusion. But there is definitely something there.
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But you can only say this because you perceive it.
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Something perceives it. Whether there is a "self" there is moot, at least to me.
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How do you know that something perceives anything, if that something is not you?
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