LESSON 1 Flashcards

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employs the inquisitive mind to discover the causes, reasons, and principles of everything.

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Philosophy

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It goes beyond scientific investigation by exploring all areas of knowledge such as religion, psychology, politics, physics, and even medicine.

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Philosophy

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3
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Greek philosopher“the self is synonymous with the soul”.

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Socrates:

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is changeable, transient, and imperfect.

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Physical realm

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5
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Two dichotomous realms:

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physical realm
ideal realm

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“An unexamined life is not worth living”

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Socrates:

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7
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Socratic method, is a method of examining one’s thoughts and emotions to gain self-knowledge.

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Introspection,

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7
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There-part soul/self:

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Reason
Spirit/Passion
Physical appetite

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8
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Greek philosopherHe also believed that the self is synonymous with the soul.

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Plato:

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9
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is the divine essence that enables us to think, make wise decision, and achieve true understanding of eternal truths.

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Reason

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10
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in his Theory of Forms, he introduced the concepts of two worlds:

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  1. world of forms (nonphysical ideas).
    2. world of essence (reality).
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includes sensual desires, feelings, and emotions.

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Sentient

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Greek philosopher“The soul is the essence of the self”.
He suggested that anything with life has soul.

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Aristotle:

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12
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includes physical body that can grow.

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Vegetative

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13
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The Kinds of Soul:

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Vegetative
Sentient
Rational

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14
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African philosopher“the self has an immortal soul”.

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St. Augustine:

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15
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He integrated the ideas of Plato and Christianity.

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St. Augustine:

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15
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includes the intellect of a man.

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Rational

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16
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He believed that the body is united with the soul.

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St. Augustine:

17
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He believed that the soul is what governs and defines the human person.

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St. Augustine:

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”I am doubting, therefore I am”

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St. Augustine:

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: French philosopher”I think therefore I am”.

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Rene Descartes

20
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Two dimensions of the human self

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  1. thinking self (soul).
  2. physical body.
21
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as nonmaterial, immortal, conscious being, and independent of the physical laws of the universe.

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Thinking self (soul)

22
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is a material, mortal, nonthinking entity, fully governed by the physical laws of nature.

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Physical self

23
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English philosopherthe human mind at birth is tabula rasa or blank slate.

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John Locke:

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The self is constructed primarily from the sense experiences.

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John Locke:

25
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is necessary to have a coherent personal (self) identity.

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Self-consciousness

25
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Scottish philosopher
“There is no self”.

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David Hume:

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What people experience is only a bundle or collection of different perceptions.

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David Hume:

27
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The self constructs its own reality, actively creating a world that is familiar, predictable, and most significantly, mine.

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Immanuel Kant:

27
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Distinct entities:

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Impressions
Ideas

28
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are the basic sensations of people’s experience such as hate, love, joy, grief, pain, cold, and heat.

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Impressions

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are thoughts and images from impressions and so, less lively and vivid.

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Ideas

30
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German philosopher“We construct the self”.

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Immanuel Kant:

31
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Austrian physician“The self is multilayered”.

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Sigmund Freud:

32
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Three layers of the Self:

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conscious
preconscious
unconscious

33
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British philosopher“The self is the way people behave”.

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Gilbert Ryle:

34
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“I act therefore I am”

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Gilbert Ryle:

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He concluded that the mind is the totality of human dispositions that is known through the way people behave.

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Gilbert Ryle:

36
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American philosopher”The self is the brain”.

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Paul Churchland:

37
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The self is inseparable from the brain and physiology of the body.

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Paul Churchland:

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French philosopher
“the self is embodied subjectivity”.

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Maurice Merleau-Ponty:

39
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The unified experience of the self is the paradigm or model that people should use to understand the nature of the self.

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Maurice Merleau-Ponty:

40
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“I” is a single integrated core identity, a combination of the mental, physical, and emotional structured around a core identity of the self.

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Maurice Merleau-Ponty: