If "I think therefore I am" if I don't think am I not?

Question: If "I think therefore I am" if I don't think am I not!?
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

No!.

You could take "I think therefore I am" as "If I think, then I must exist!." (If P, then Q)

But not P (If I don't think) does not logically imply not Q (I do not exist)!. It is the fallacy of denying the antecedent!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Denying_the!.!.!.

We can see that many things exist that do not think!. Of course the way it is worded (as a first-person statement) seems to imply the ability of the thing in question to think!. After all, if it couldn't, there would be no "I!." But this is just a side-effect of the way in which the sentence happens to be structured, not a logical conclusion!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The age-old theory is that you think therefore you are!. I question this!. Thought invokation is not present in many creatures exept humans!. Chimpanzees, the closest animal relative to the human at 87!.6%!. Is still no where close to being as completed as we are!. Yet, they are!. You are here even though it might not seem it sometimes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It only works when the 'if' is an 'if and only if'

for example compare:

If I am eating then I am alive
If I am not eating then I am not alive

If (and only if) I am breathing then I am alive
If I am not breathing then I am not aliveWww@QuestionHome@Com

yes, that's what i think!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Unfortunately that is not true or the majority of idiots in this world would have disappeared by now!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't think so, so you're probably not!. However, I didn't think so I must not be as well!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

no, when you're meditating you're not thinking, but you still exist!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That is the flaw of what appears to be logic!. When you stop thinking, you must cease to exist!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

For the ego I would say you are right on!. But for the soul it is not, for the soul does not 'think'!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes!. You actually don't exist!. Maybe you're a hologram!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's right, if you aren't thinking then that's because you are dead!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

No, I would argue that there are many who don't think but still exist LoLWww@QuestionHome@Com

if you endeavour to fail and you succeed have you still failed!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think not!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Did your parents think you into being!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes!!.!.!.err!.!.!.no!

NOT!

Definately!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Try not thinking and see what happens!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

then would it even matter 8ball!?Www@QuestionHome@Com