For Finals Flashcards
He was concerned with the problem of the self
Socrates
Every man is composed of body and soul
Dualistic
Know yourself
Socrates
Founded the Academy; considered as prototype of today’s universities.
Plato
Dichotomy between ideal (World of Forms) and material
world.
Plato
3 components of the soul
Rational, spirited, appetitive
which includes all our myriad desires for various pleasures, comforts, physical satisfactions, and bodily ease
Appetitive soul
the part that gets angry when it perceives (for example) an injustice being done.
Spirited soul
is represented by the charioteer who is guiding (or who at least should be guiding) the horses and chariot.
Rational soul
Bifurcated nature of man
Imperfect/capable of reaching immortality
Goal of the person (Augustine)
To attain communion with the divine
Man is composed of matter and form
St. Thomas Aquinas
Common stuff that makes up everything
Matter (hyle)
The essence of the living
Form (morpe)
Father of modern philosophy
Rene Descartes
the believe I can doubt, the prove that I exist.
Hyperbolical doubt
Collection of impressions
Bundle theory
Vivid products of desired experiences
Impressions
Copies of impressions/ imaginations
Idea
2 drives that conquer man
Eros and Thanatos
3 provinces of the mind
Id, ego, superego,
Apparatuses of the mind
Time and Space
He denies the internal, non-physical self
Gilbert Ryle
It is a name
we use to refer to all behavior (gilbert ryle).
Self (gilbert ryle)
Denies the dualistic ideas.
The mind and the body cannot be separated.
Ones body is his opening toward his existence to the world.
The living body his thoughts, emotions ,and experiences
are all one.
Merleau Ponty
