GSELF- Prelims Flashcards
Self to Ancient Philosophers
Perfection of soul
Imperative
One must know the limits of thyself
What is inscribed in the entrance of Greek temples?
“Know thyself”
“The unexamined life is not worth living” He also recognizes ignorance; father of philosophy
Socrates
Other term for soul
psyche
“To know is to know that you know nothing, that is the meaning of true knowledge”
Socrates
“Human behavior flows from three main sources:
desire, emotion, and knowledge.”
Plato
the examination of the self is a
unique experience; it differs from person to person,
Plato
Understanding how these three elements work then leads to
understanding of the self.
Appetitive, Spirited, Mind
consists of one’s pleasures, desires, physical satisfactions,
and comforts.
Appetitive
is the motivated element, which fights back to ensure that
the appetitive is controlled.
Spirited
most superior element of the psyche, which controls how
the self is expressed.
Mind
Meaning of NOUS
Conscious awareness
“This is the very perfection of man; to find out his own imperfections.”
St. Augustine
the self develops through self-presentation and
self-realization.
St. Augustine
Man’s end goal according to St. Augustine
Happiness attained through God
Self according to Modern philosophers
Dialectic analysis between rationalism and empiricism
deals with thinking and innate ideas, and regards reason as the main source of knowledge.
Rationalism
has to do with sense experience where knowledge is based on how one observes and perceives his/her experiences.
Empiricism
I think therefore I am
Rene Descartes
states that everything must be subjected to doubt or that everything should be questioned.
Methodic doubt
a way of searching for certainty by systematically and tentatively doubting everything.
Methodic doubt
“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to
use it well.”
Rene Descartes
According to Rene, this is the primary condition why the self exists
Human rationality
“No man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience.”
John Locke
was an advocate of Empiricism. His concept of “tabula rasa” .
John Locke
explains how the self starts out as
an empty space
Tabula Rasa
“There is no self.”
David Hume
According to Him, the idea of the self is merely derived from
impressions. which are subjective,
temporary, and prejudicial. They do not persist.
David Hume
“If man makes himself a worm, he must not complain when he is
trodden on.”
Immanuel Kant
synthesized the rationalist and empiricist views. He proposed that the self is always transcendental.
Immanuel Kant
Accordingly, rationality unifies and makes sense of the perceptions we have in our experiences.
Immanuel Kant
Self according to contemporary philosophers
Wide variety of
theories that could be used in understanding the self.
There are things about the self that one knows and is aware of, and at the same time, there are those that one does not know and is unaware of. ( A model)
Typographical Model
This model explains how the “I “ is both conscious and unconscious.
Freud’s Iceberg Theory illustrates this.
Typographical model
According to him, “I” being
a product of multiple interacting processes.
Sigmund Freud
This model looks into the structures of personality or the self, as Freud proposed.
Structural model
Parts of typographical model (imagine definitions of each)
Conscious, subconscious, unconscious
is the primitive or instinctive component, which consists of one’s primal urges and wants.
ID
is the reality principle,
and balances the id and superego.
Ego
synthesizes the values
and morals of society, and includes one’s conscience.
Superego
“I act, therefore I am.”
Gilbert Ryle
He stated that the self may be understood based
on the external manifestations
Gilbert Ryle
“I live in my body.”
MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY
refers to an entity that can
never be objectified or known in a completely objective sort of way.
Lived body