Well, "I think therefore I am" is really question begging if taken as a deduction and can be ambiguous, depending on the speaker and context, since the referent

Well, "I think therefore I am" is really question begging if taken as a deduction and can be ambiguous, depending on the speaker and context, since the referent of "I" is not always clear. (i.e. does it mean mind, body, soul, etc.) Something thinks though, and something is obviously aware; since you have direct empirical evidence of both. You don't need an argument for either.