Hume Vs Descartes

Another marked difference between Hume and Descartes’ approaches to knowledge is a matter of existence. As specified by David Hume, a person can know that they exist because they use their senses to become aware of their bodily state. Their senses relay information to the brain that can be processed to form thoughts and conclusions. On the other hand, Descartes rationalizes that a person can know they exist because they are a thing that thinks, not because their “deceitful” sense told them so. Descartes’s Cogito philosophy translates to “I think, therefore, I am.” However, Hume calls to attention the point that thinking is, in a sense, a sense. Thinking is a type of feeling; Hume associates it with the senses. Descartes wanted to strip away