PHILO QUIZ Flashcards
focuses on the kinds of substances and capacities that uniquely make up a person
METAPHYSICAL APPROACH
examines the essential components of human person
METAPHYSICAL APPROACH
focuses on the kind of life, or mode of existence that is unique to human person
EXISTENTIAL APPROACH
examines the essential features of human way of life
EXISTENTIAL APPROACH
he describes that metaphysical approach is the what of human person while existential approach as the who of a person
MARTIN HEIDEGGER
both approaches are important for a broader understanding of?
HUMAN PERSONHOOD
non bodily human component addition to his/her body
SOUL / MIND / SPIRIT
3 possible answers/views
UNSPIRITED BODY VIEW
DISEMBODIED SPIRIT
EMBODIED SPIRIT
human essentially is just his/her body and nothing more
UNSPIRITED BODY VIEW
human person is essentially just his/her spirit
DISEMBODIED SPIRIT VIEW
body is dependent to spirit but the spirit is not dependent to the body
DISEMBODIED SPIRIT VIEW
human person is essentially the unity pf his/her body and spirit
EMBODIED SPIRIT VIEW
body and spirit cannot exist independently of one another
EMBODIED SPIRIT VIEW
Under unspirited body view our thoughts and emotions which we refer to as mental states are actually
PHYSICAL STATES
claims that what we call the mind is nothing but the brain and what we call mental states are nothing but the neutral states of the brain
MIND BRAIN IDENTITY THEORY
mind brain identity theory
SMART 1991
to be in pain just stimulate the?
C FIBERS OF THE BRAIN
what we call mental states simply refer to one’s inclination or tendencies to show certain behaviors
BEHAVIORISM
behaviorism
RYLE 1965
two strong supporters of disembodied spirit view
PLATO
RENE DESCARTES
soul
PLATO
mind
DESCARTES
spirit and body are are 2 different kinds of entities or substances in that body is physical while the spirit is non physical
SUBSTANCE DUALISM
Plato believes that the soul travels from one body to another
REINCARNATION
soul must be immortal otherwise we can never explain the nature of knowledge as recollection
IMMORTALITY OF SOUL
immortality of soul
TO THINK, IS TO REMEMBER
plato’s version of God
DEMIURGE
soul cannot be composed of parts
SOUL IS IMMATERIAL
if something is not composed of parts then they cannot decompose and thus cannot die
LORRENZ 2009
two different types of substance that reality is composed of (descartes )
MIND (NONPHYSICAL)
BODY (PHYSICAL )
conscious but not extended in space
MIND
extended in space but not conscious
MATTER
includes plants, animal , human bodies and the rest of the nature
MATTER
includes the imperfect mind of humans and the perfect mind of God
MIND
doubt is to be conscious and to be conscious is to have a mind
DESCARTES DISEMBODIED SPIRIT
strong supporters of embodied spirit
ARISTOTLE
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
descartes quote
I THINK THEREFORE I AM
soul is what gives life to something
EMOBODIED SPIRIT
body and soul are two different aspects of human person
ARISTOTLE
body is person’s material aspect of?
MATTER
soul is the person’s formal aspect of
FORM
set or system of capacities that gives life to something
SOUL
soul as the capcity that gives life to something
HSIEH 2002 , LORRENZ 2009
soul of plants
VEGETATIVE / NUTRITIVE SOUL
enables plant to perform activities necessary for nourishment , growth and reproduction
VEGETATIVE/ NUTRITIVE SOUL