Lesson 1 Flashcards
One of the factors why Self Understanding is essential.
This factor states that we are the only one responsible in determining our purpose in life.
A. Provides a Sense of Purpose
One of the factors why Self Understanding is essential.
Understand who we are and what we truly want from a relationship that we can be more intentional with our words and actions.
B. Leads to Healthier Relationships
One of the factors why Self Understanding is essential.
We come up with a realistic and meaningful action plan to pick a playing field that is better suited to our strengths. We stop punishing ourselves for our shortcomings and learn to work around them.
C. Helps harness your natural strength
One of the factors why Self Understanding is essential.
Do what our heart desires and stay resilient in the face of adversity, for we very well know that what we do is not about us, it is about the vision that we believe in, that vision that things can be done differently.
Promotes Confidence
Give the 4 factors why factors why Self Understanding is essential.
A. Provides a Sense of Purpose
B. Leads to Healthier Relationships
C. Helps harness your natural strength
D. Promotes Confidence
it is often called the “mother of all disciplines,’ encompassing the entire breadth of inquiry about humans and the universe they inhabit
Philosophy
“ a unified being, essentially connected to consciousness, awareness and agency ( or at least, with the faculty of rational choice).”
SELF
He was the first philosopher who ever engaged in a systematic questioning about the self; the true task of the philosopher is to “know oneself”.
described as the “ Father of Western philosophy
He also said that , every man/woman in composed of body and soul
Socrates
All individuals have an imperfect, impermanent aspect, refers to the —–
- Socrates
body
a —— is perfect and permanent.
- Socrates
soul
“An unexamined life is not worth living.”
- ?
Socrates
“Moral Virtue is rooted in the intellect and leads to happiness.” - ?
Plato
“Wisdom and knowledge lead to virtue which will lead to Happiness.” - ?
Plato
Plato added that there are three components of the soul, what are these?
Rational, Spirited and Appetitive
He is a Christian philosopher and bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa.
ST. AUGUSTINE
Who identified the two fold process comprised of Self- presentation leading to Self-realization.
ST. AUGUSTINE
who said that Understanding the self and formation of identity is achieved through the process of “ Introspection or self- analysis.”
ST. AUGUSTINE
Man is composed of two parts: matter and form
Thomas Aquinas
refers to the “common stuff that makes up everything in the universe - ,Thomas Aquinas
Matter, or hyle in Greek
refers to the “essence of a substance or thing - , Thomas Aquinas
Form, or morphe in Greek, Thomas Aquinas
French philosopher considered the founder of modern philosophy
RENE DESCARTES
For Descartes, this is the essence of your self – you are a ?
Thinking thing RENE DESCARTES
It is a nonmaterial, immortal and conscious being, independent of the physical laws of the universe - RENE DESCARTES
Thinking self or soul
It is a material, moral, and non thinking entity, fully governed by the physical laws of nature. - RENE DESCARTES
physical body
is the first principle of Descartes’s theory of knowledge because he is confident that no rational person will doubt his or her own existence as a conscious, thinking entity – while we are aware of thinking about our self.
Cogito Ergo Sum or I think, therefore I am - RENE DESCARTES
Scottish philosopher whose skeptical examinations of religion, ethics, and history.
David Hume
Who said men can only attain knowledge by experiencing
David Hume
If we carefully examine the contents of our experience, there are two distinct entities, what is these two? - David Hume
Impressions and ideas
are the basic sensations of our experiences, the elemental data of our minds : pain. Pleasure , heat cold, happiness grief, fear and so on these impressions are lively and vivid. - David Hume
Impressions
are copies of impression, and as a result they are less lively and vivid. Include thoughts and images that are build up from our primary impressions through a variety of relationships. - David Hume
Ideas
is simply “a bundle or collection of different perception, which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement.” - David Hume
Self
German philosopher considered by many to be the greatest thinker of the 18th century
Immanuel Kant
who said that Human mind creates experience
Immanuel Kant
Reason is the final authority of morality
Immanuel Kant
Includes rational reasoning and psychological state - Immanuel Kant
Inner self
Includes the body and physical aspect where representation occurs. - Immanuel Kant
Outer Self
a British philosopher whose book , The Concept of Mind, has a dramatic impact on Western thought.
Gilbert Ryle
Who said “ The Self is How You Behave”
Gilbert Ryle
A person therefore lives through two collateral histories, what are these? - Gilbert Ryle
public and private
consisting of what happens in and his body. - Gilbert Ryle
public
consisting of what happens in and to his mind - Gilbert Ryle
Private
“A fully matured neuroscience will eliminate the need for the beliefs since they are not real.”
-?
Patricia Churchland
“The physical brain gives us a sense of self -?
Patricia Churchland
He considered the “Father of Liberalism” as he had posited the “theory of mind” which is a breakthrough in the origin of modern understanding of the concept of identity and self
Johne Locke
“The Self is found in the consciousness. He identified the brain as comprising the consciousness which has one’s identity.”
Johne Locke
“ there is harmony between what we aim at and what is given , between intention and performance. “ - ?
Merleau-Ponty
He claimed that ‘Consciousness is primarily not a matter of “I think that” but “ I can
Merleau-Ponty
