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cogitos

cogitos is the plural of cogito.

Meaning of cogito

Noun

cogito (usually uncountable, plural cogitos)

  1. (capitalized, sometimes, usually, often preceded by the) The argument "cogito, ergo sum" ("I think therefore I am") from the philosophy of René Descartes; the mental act of thinking this thought; a conscious being which performs this mental act.
    • The Cogito of Descartes and Husserl is an apprehension of fact. […] Such a Cogito is performed by a consciousness directed upon consciousness, a consciousness which takes consciousness as an object.1957, Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Forrest Williams and Robert Kirkpatrick, The Transcendence of the Ego, Noonday Press, pages 43–44

Questions about cogitos

What is cogitos the plural of?
Cogitos is the plural of cogito.

Words near cogitos in the dictionary

  1. cogitativeness
  2. cogitativity
  3. cogitator
  4. cogitators
  5. cogito
  6. cogitos
  7. cogless
  8. Cogley
  9. Cogleys
  10. Coglianese
  11. Coglianeses

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