Material Self Flashcards
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Material Self
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Tangible, physical objects, temporary
2
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William James’ Notion of Material Self
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Spiritual Self
Social Self
Material Self
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Hierarchy of Material Self
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- Body: core element of material self
- Family: critical part of material self and regarded as the nursery of human nature
- Clothes: through clothes, we communicate parts of ourselves
- Other properties (Money): the way we acquire goods is based on how much financial freedom that we have.
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Diderot Effect
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States that obtaining a new possession often creates a spiral of consumption which leads you to acquire more new things. As a result, we end up buying things that our previous selves never needed to feel happy or fulfilled. One purchase begets another.
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Materialism
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Defined as a want towards acquiring and spending one earthly needs and material desires.
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Consumerism
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An economic and social concept which refers to the acquisitions and purchases of products and services.