Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

I could feign that there was no world, I could not feign that I did not exist. (Discourse on Method)
Based on this context, the word feign most likely means ___________________.​

Answer 1

Pretend. Feign means to behave as if something were true.

Answer 2

It means pretend or make believe.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this famous passage from Descartes´ Discourse, he has reached a point in his argument where he recognizes that he can doubt just about everything that his senses and his mind inform him of, except the very fact that he is doubting; and, if he is doubting, no doubt there must be someone or something that is doing this action of doubting, therefore, that something or someone must by necessity exist. At this point, Descartes confesses that he can “pretend” to continue doubting everything, but there is one thing that he cannot in any way pretend to doubt any more, and that is: I think, therefore I am.