Lesson 1: Philosophical Flashcards
What’s the Latin word for ‘love’?
Philos
What’s the Latin word for ‘Wisdom’?
Sophi
People who questioned what makes up the Earth
Presocratics
First to ever engage in a systematic questioning about the self
Socrates
Believes that a Man is composed of two components: 1) Body - imperfect
2) Soul - perfect
Socrates
“I know that I do not know” Recognizing one’s ignorance that a person can truly know oneself
Socrates
Student of Socrates
Plato
Added 3 components of the soul.
Plato
The thinking soul according to Plato
Rational Soul
The feeling soul according to Plato
Spirited Soul
The desire/impulse soul according to Plato
Appetitive Soul
Body is bound to die on Earth; while Soul is to anticipate living eternally with God
St. Augustine
Supported Aristotle’s idea that the man is composed of Matter and Form
Thomas Aquinas
Latin word for Matter
Hyle
Latin word for Form
Morphe
Believes that the soul is what animates the body
Thomas Aquinas
Father of Modern Philosophy
Rene Descartes
Believes that the man is made up of Body and Mind (Cogito and Extenza)
Rene Descartes
Latin for ‘I think therefore I am’
Cogito ergo sum
The body is the extension of the mind.
Rene Descartes
Philosopher and politician that believes the self emerges from everyday experiences
John Locke
Experience is an important requirement
John Locke
Scottish Empiricist
David Hume
To see is to believe
Empricist
Believes the self is not an entity over and beyond the physical body
David Hume
The self is made up of Impressions and Ideas
David Hume
Tangible experiences according to Hume
Impressions
Copies of impressions accdg. to Hume
Ideas
Introduced the apparatuses of the mind: the mind processe the impressions that man experiences.
Immanuel Kant
What matters is the behavior that a person manifests
Gilbert Ryle
Denies the concept of an internal, non-physical self
Gilbert Ryle
Mind and body cannot be studied separately. They are one.
Merleau-Ponty
Eliminative Materialism
Patricia Churchland
The brain gives us a sense of self. Explanations about the self can be determined by studying the brain.
Patricia Churchland