CHAP 1: The Self From Various Perspective Flashcards
he is the first philosopher to believed that self is composed of body and soul
Socrates
he is the successor of socrates and he said that as we grow up, we all look up to a guiding star / a divine exemplar
Plato
he believed that we have an inner and outer self which forms our consciousness
Immanuel Kant
he believed that we have our mind, that fact that we think means that we exist
Rene Descartes
He is the Father of Modern Philosophy
Rene Descartes
According to Descartes, there are two entities of the self and these are:
cogito = mind
extenza = body
he said that we change ourselves because we want to be with a divine being someday
St. Augustine
he said that self are agents interacting with our environment (experiences influences self)
St. Thomas Aquinas
these are the dichotomy of St. Aquinas
matter (hyle) = body
form (morpe) = essence of living
according to him, self is a matter of psychological continuity
John Locke
John Locke = We are born with an empty state of mind that can be shaped
Tabula Rasa (empty slate)
He said that man is governed by EROS (pleasure) and THANATOS (aggression)
Sigmund Freud
He believed that there is no self and personal identity is a result of imagination
David Hume
What are the 3 provinces of the mind?
Id (internal desires), Ego (reality), Superego (conscience)
What are the 5 stages of development according to Freud?
OAPHALAGE (Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genitals)
according to him, body is developed through psychological & social factors
Erik Erikson
8 major stages of development according to Erik Erikson
IEPSAEMO (Infancy, Early childhood, Play Age, School Age, Adolescence, Early Adulthood, Middle Age, Old Age
Who denies dualism?
Gilbert Ryle & Merleau-Ponty
according to him, self comes from behavior (behavior that a person manifest in his day-to-day life
Gilbert Ryle
he said that mind and body are intertwined and behavior doesn’t matter
Merleau-Ponty
