Are our thoughts ‘real’? Here’s what philosophy says

Are our thoughts ‘real’? Here’s what philosophy says

Source: The Conversation

René Descartes said the only thing we can be certain about is that we think. But what is the nature of thoughts? Philosophers have pondered this for centuries.

You can doubt just about anything. But there’s one thing you can know for sure: you are having thoughts right now.
This idea came to characterise the philosophical thinking of 17th century philosopher René Descartes. For Descartes, that we have thoug… [5177 chars]

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