PHILOSOPHERS Flashcards
To know thy self is the beginning of wisdom
Socrates
What is philosophy
Love and wisdom
He believes that the life is synonymous with the soul
Socrates
It is known as introspection
Socratic Method
He believes that the self is composed of the rational part, the physical appetite and the passion or spirit
Plato
He believes that it is the responsibility pf reason to sort things out and exert control
Plato
Plato believes that this can only be achieved when a person consistently make sure that their reason is in control of their spirts and appetites
Happiness
This philosopher suggest that anything with life has a soul
Aristotle
According to Aristotle, the soul is the essence of the
Self
The _____ soul includes the physical body that can grow
Vegetative soul
Includes the sensual desire, feelings and emotions
Sensient soul
It includes the intellect that allows man to know and understand things
Rational soul
He believes that the physical body is radically different from the inferior to its inhabitant- the immortal soul
St. Augustine
This philosopher describes that humankind is created in the image and likeness of god
St. Agustine
He is the father of modern philosophy
René Descartes
He wants to penetrate the nature of reasoning process and understand its relationship to human self
Rene descartes
Two dimensions of the human self
Thinking entity and physical body
He believes that we construct the self
Immanuel Kang
He believes that the self is multilayered
Sigmund Freud
Operates the reality principle
The conscious self
Operates the pleasure principle
The unconscious self
He believes that the self best understood as the pattern of behavior, the tendency or disposition of a person to behave in a certain way in certain circumstances
Gilbert Ryle
He advocates the idea of eliminative materialism or the idea that the self is inseparable form the brain and the physiological of the body
Paul Churchland
Argues that all knowledge about the self is based on the phenomena of experience
Maurice Merleau Ponty
