> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:01:25 -0700 (PDT), Immortalist
>
> yahoo.com> wrote:
>

>>Descartes attempts to create a foundationalist philosophy based on a
>>single, undeniable truth which he knows to be "fixed and assured". He
>>takes "I think, therefore I am" "as the first principle of the
>>philosophy I was seeking", believing that this is the only truth which
>>is necessary to found a philosophy. His logical structure , however,
>>relies on a second postulate. He claims that "the capacity to judge
>>correctly and to distinguish the true from the false is naturally
>>equal in all men". This postulate is more fundamental to his logical
>>structure than the cogito because without it, he cannot escape the
>>skepticism of his foundationalist structure.

>
> That's just silly. Some people have no talent for thinking, and a lot
> of people who potentially have talent haven't practised enough to get
> any good at it.
>
> Learning to think is like learning most other things: have some good
> instructors; do it a lot; get good feedback.
>
> Descartes obviously didn't.
>
> John