luvroftheWord,

Just a quick thought: Maybe the reason Descartes et al didn't think cogito ergo was fallacious was because ontology was the premise, not necessarily the I am . That ontological necessity may not be correct has not been challenged until some of Heidegger's earlier stuff, but fleshed out in Emmanuel Levinas. I think, specifically, God, Death, and Time . Martin Buber probably helped as well, so basically any late twentieth century continental work.

Hope this helps.

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