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A Defense of Focō, Ergo Volō: I Focus, Therefore I Will

Michael Ferketic

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Description:Four centuries ago, Descartes introduced "I think, therefore I am," in the Cogito which secured a foundation for the certainty of knowing, but left the structure of agency without an equivalent point of origin. This book argues that such a foundation exists, and that it is revealed in the most elemental feature of lived experience, which is the ability to direct one’s own focus. Before intention or choice, before deliberation or desire, there is the self-evident act of orienting awareness, and from this act emerges a new first principle articulated in the axiom Focō, ergo volō, "I focus therefore I will". This axiom is not a metaphysical posit and it is not an empirical conjecture. It stands in the transcendental register where its truth is demonstrated in the very effort to examine or deny it, for any attempt to assess the claim already performs the act it identifies. The capacity to locate, shift or withhold attention is the primordial gesture through which an agent discloses itself as the source of its own activity. A Defense of Focō, ergo volō establishes the philosophical legitimacy of this axiom and justifies its place as the irreducible ground upon which all accounts of agency must rest. Descartes’ Cogito secured the certainty of the thinking self. This work explicates the originary activity through which that self becomes capable of authorship. In doing so, it brings to completion a structural insight that remained implicit since the first articulation of modern thought.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Defense of Focō, Ergo Volō: I Focus, Therefore I Will. To get started finding A Defense of Focō, Ergo Volō: I Focus, Therefore I Will, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Four centuries ago, Descartes introduced "I think, therefore I am," in the Cogito which secured a foundation for the certainty of knowing, but left the structure of agency without an equivalent point of origin. This book argues that such a foundation exists, and that it is revealed in the most elemental feature of lived experience, which is the ability to direct one’s own focus. Before intention or choice, before deliberation or desire, there is the self-evident act of orienting awareness, and from this act emerges a new first principle articulated in the axiom Focō, ergo volō, "I focus therefore I will". This axiom is not a metaphysical posit and it is not an empirical conjecture. It stands in the transcendental register where its truth is demonstrated in the very effort to examine or deny it, for any attempt to assess the claim already performs the act it identifies. The capacity to locate, shift or withhold attention is the primordial gesture through which an agent discloses itself as the source of its own activity. A Defense of Focō, ergo volō establishes the philosophical legitimacy of this axiom and justifies its place as the irreducible ground upon which all accounts of agency must rest. Descartes’ Cogito secured the certainty of the thinking self. This work explicates the originary activity through which that self becomes capable of authorship. In doing so, it brings to completion a structural insight that remained implicit since the first articulation of modern thought.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Defense of Focō, Ergo Volō: I Focus, Therefore I Will. To get started finding A Defense of Focō, Ergo Volō: I Focus, Therefore I Will, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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