Lesson 1 Philosophy of the self Flashcards
Unified being
Self
Philos and Sophia or love for wisdom. It is a study of acquiring knowledge through rational thinking.
Philosophy
First martyr of education, knowledge, and philosophy. (Know thy self and socratic Method)
Socrates
Continuously asking yourself the root of all things.
Socratic Method
Soul is divided into 3 different parts.
Appetitive Soul – logic
- Spirited Soul – emotions
- Rational Soul – desire
Christian philosopher (Believes in faith)
St. Augustine
Reason of faith are necessary to achieve true knowledge
St. Thomas Aquinas
Man is composed of 2 parts. What is the part that makes up everything in the universe?
Matters (hyle)
Man is composed of 2 parts. What is the part that is the essence of a substance or thing - Our soul?
Form (morphe)
Father of Modern Philosophy
-“Cogito ergo sum” (I
think therefore I am)
- Methodical doubt is
needed.
- He thinks this phrase
because he asks about his
existence or he is just a
dream
Rene Descartes
Father of Classical Liberation.
- Believes that: The
experiences and
perceptions of a person is
important in the
establishment of who that
person can become.
- We are born “tabula rosa”
(blank slate)
John Locke
Scottish Philosopher.
- Impressions are “all our
sensations, passions, and
emotions, are they make
their first appearance in the
soul.
David Hume
German Philosopher
- Opposed the work of
Hume. The collection of
impressions and different
content is what it only takes
to define a person.
- Transcendental
apperception.
Immanuel Kant
Canadian
Philosopher.
- He believes in atomic,
biological part of human
being.
- He believes in
Neurophilosophy –
understanding the behavior
know the different
neurological movement
Paul Churchland
Ponty
- Existentialism and phenomology.
- Consciousness provides
the meaning.
- Body and mind are not
separate entities but rather
than one and the same.
Maurice Jean Jacques Merleau
