Savater says that I might be an illusion, or something like that. He also gives an example if we were just brains in a pool controlled by martians. So we could say that he is crazy, but that is not the thing. He is a philosopher and he is saying this for the following reasons.
He is saying that if the conscious exists than that means that we are real, it doesn't have to be physically real to know that we exist. "I think therefore I am" is the quote that explains all this chapter. Realizing that you are real and as I said before, with your conscious you are alive.
I have to say I like the point of view of Savater because it is like if you were dreaming. But when you dream you think its real. In this case it is like dreaming knowing that this is real and it is happening, because your conscious is alive. I'm not saying that just by having your brain, it means that you are real. We know we are real because our conscious exists, so you have to realize that you exist and that you are not just a rat in an experiment lab being tested. Savater explains this perfectly along with other things that concern "I think therefore I am".
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