Part one of term paper
Descartes says that the proposition "I exist" is certain, because of the theory he uses in the first meditation. If we think we exist, then were thinking period. So even if we think we don't exist, then that proves that were still thinking, therefore we must exist. Russell wants to disagree with Descartes by saying that the "I", as Descar ...

Part two of term paper
... time you use the term "I " to say what you are perceiving, it's not always the same thing. One moment you could say that you are perceiving green, and the next second you could be perceiving blue. Russell says that it could be a different self for every new sequence of data. Sense data to Russell are things like greenness or smoothness or cold. Descartes says that it's not the self that changing. It's only the perceptions in the conscience. I sway towards Descartes on this issue. I don't se ...