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Chapter 1 Philosophical Perspective Flashcards

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“love of wisdom” , pertains to the desire for truth by formulating never ending questions to provide answers to every inquiry about the nature of human existence.

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Philosophy

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An unexamined life is not worth living

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Socrates

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Man is an immortal soul

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Plato

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The essence of the self

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Aristotle

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The self has an immortal soul

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St. Augustine

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I think therefore I am

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Rene Descarte

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7
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There is no self

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David Hume

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The self is multilayered

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Sigmund Freud

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The Self is the Brain

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Paul Churchland

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10
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We construct the self

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Imannuel Kant

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The Self is Embodied Subjectivity

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Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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12
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The Self is the way people behave

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Gilbert Ryle

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Believes that every human possesses an immortal soul that survives the physical body.

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Socrates

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14
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Reality consists of two dichotomous realms

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Physical Realm & Ideal Realm

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[ realm ] changeable, transient (impermanent), and imperfect. ex. the body

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Physical Realm

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[ realm ] unchanging, eternal and immortal. ex. goodness, truth, beauty, soul

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Ideal Realm

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the immortal entity ; strives for wisdom and perfection

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Soul

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18
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the soul’s tool to achieve the exalted state

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Reason

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the source of all knowledge and significance ; where man must begin (in examining life)

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The Self

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20
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is a method of carefully examining one’s thoughts and emotions to gain self- knowledge

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The Socratic Method / Introspection

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His philosophy can be explained as a process of self-knowledge and purification of the soul

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Plato

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22
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Introduced the idea of the three-part soul

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Plato

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23
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state the three-part soul

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reason, physical appetite, spirit or passion

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24
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The divine essence that enables us to think deeply, make wise choices, and achieve a true understanding of eternal truths

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Reason

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25
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Our biological needs such as hunger, thirst, and sexual desire

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Physical Appetite

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Basic emotions such as love, anger, ambition, aggressiveness, and empathy

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Spirit or passion

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27
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the harmonious integration under the control of the reason

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Justice

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Believes that the soul is merely a set of defining feature and that the body and soul are not considered separate entities

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Aristotle

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[according to Aristotle] Human beings differ from one another because of their capacity for __

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rational thinking

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30
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who introduced the three kinds of soul

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Aristotle

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31
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what are the Three kinds of soul

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Vegetative Soul Sentient Soul Rational Soul

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32
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[kind of soul] Includes the physical body that can grow

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Vegetative Soul

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[kind of soul] Includes sensual desires, feelings, and emotions

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Sentient Soul

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[kind of soul] What makes man human ; Includes the intellect that allows man to know and understand things

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Rational Soul

35
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The rational nature of the self is to lead a good, flourishing and fulfilling life

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self-actualization

36
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Believes that the physical body is radically different from and inferior to its inhabitant, the immortal soul

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St. Augustine

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Believes that the physical body is radically different from and inferior to its inhabitant, the immortal soul

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St. Augustine

38
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The self seeks to be united with God through___ and ____

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faith and reason

39
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“ I am doubting, therefore I am”

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St. Augustine

40
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Augustine’s work where he describes that humankind is created in the image and likeness of God

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Confessions

41
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“ I think therefore I am” in Latin

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Cogito ergo sum

42
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Believes that the act of thinking about the self- of being self conscious - is in itself proof that there is a self

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Rene Descarte

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who proposed the Two Dimensions of the Human Self

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Rene Descarte

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[according to Descarte] what are the Two Dimensions of the Human Self

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The self as a thinking entity (soul) and The self as a physical body

45
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Non-material, immortal, conscious being, and independent of the physical laws of the universe

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The self as a thinking entity (soul)

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Material, mortal, non-thinking entity, fully governed by the physical laws of nature

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The self as a physical body

47
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who proposed that The self or personal identity is constructed primarily from sense experiences

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John Locke

48
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  • accompanies thinking and makes possible the concept people have of a self
  • necessary to have a coherent personal (self) identity or knowledge of self as a person
    What makes identity of a person similar in different situations
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Self- Consciousness

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is based on careful observation of experiences

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Knowledge

50
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plays an important role in helping to figure out the significance of sense experience and to reach intelligent conclusions

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Reason

51
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Suggests that if people carefully examine their sense experience through introspection, they will discover that there is no self

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David Hume

52
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what are the distinct entities according to Hume

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impressions and ideas

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  • basic sensations of people’s experience ; ex. Hate, love, joy, grief, pain, cold, heat
  • strong and lively
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Impressions

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  • thoughts and images from impressions
  • less lively and vivid
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Ideas

55
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(according to Hume) what results to the idea of personal identity

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Imagination

56
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proposed that the self consists of three layers

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Sigmund Freud

57
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Three layers of the self

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conscious, unconscious and preconscious

58
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usually takes into account the realistic demands of the situation, the consequences of various actions, and the overriding need to preserve the equilibrium (balance) of the entire psychodynamic system of the self

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conscious self

59
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Contains material that is not threatening and is easily brought to mind.

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preconscious

60
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contains the basic instinctual drives including sexuality, aggressiveness, and self-destruction; traumatic memories; unfulfilled wishes and childhood fantasies; and thoughts and feelings that would be considered socially taboo.

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unconscious

61
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consists of all which can be retrieved from memory.

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preconscious

62
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Governed by the “reality principle”

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conscious self

63
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governed by the “pleasure principle”

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unconscious

64
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Much of the self is determined by the ____ self

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unconscious self

65
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believed that The physical brain and not the imaginary mind, gives people the sense of self

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Paul Churchland

66
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The idea that the self is inseparable from the brain and the physiology of the body

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Eliminative Materialism

67
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The mind does not really exist because____

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it cannot be experiences by the senses

68
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The self in the form of ______, utilizes conceptual categories to construct an orderly and objective world that is stable and can be investigated scientifically

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consciousness

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The self in the form of consciousness, utilizes conceptual categories which he calls ______, to construct an orderly and objective world that is stable and can be investigated scientifically

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transcendental deduction of categories

70
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[according to Kant] The product of reason is
__

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Self

71
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Uses the categories of our mind to filter, order, relate, organize and synthesize sensations into a unified whole

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Self

72
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Constructs its own reality, actively creating a world that is familiar, predicable, and mine

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Self

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[according to Kant] A regulative principle
Through rationality, people are able to understand certain abstract ideas that have no corresponding physical objects or sensory experience

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Reason

74
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Stated that self has a unified experience with a paradigm/ model that people should understand

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Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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Consciousness, the world, & the human body are intricately intertwined

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Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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the tendency or disposition of a person to behave in a certain way in certain circumstances

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behavior

77
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“I act therefore I am”

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Gilbert Ryle

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Proposed that the mind and body are intrinsically linked in complex and intimate ways - the self is the same as bodily behavior

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Gilbert Ryle

79
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is the totality of human dispositions that is known through the way people behave

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The mind

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