Philosophers Flashcards
Concerned with answering questions about life, or the world - meaning of it, how it is, what it is made of.
The Pre-Socratics
One should
examine his/her life
He underwent trial for “corrupting youth’s mind. avery man is dualistic (body + soul)
Socrates
One should
examine his/her life
He underwent trial for “corrupting youth’s mind. avery man is dualistic (body + soul)
Socrates
3 Components of the Psyche are the following:
Rational, Spirited, Appetitive
Plato
Soul is what makes a person a person
3 kinds of soul; Vegetative, Sentient, Rational
Aristotle
Spirit of man,
We can only see ourselves through knowing God.
Augustine
Matter (Hyle) - common stuff that makes up everything in the universe.
Form (Morphe) - essence of a substance or things.
Body of the human is similar to animals/objects but the soul is what makes us humans
Thomas Aquinas
Father of Modern Philosophy
There is so much that one should doubt.
The process of understanding the self is through
Methodical Doubt.
Cognito (thinking) & Extenza (body/mind)
Rene Descartes
One should examine him/herself through instrospection.
One can only know what comes from the senses & experiences.
Impression
- basic objects of our
experiences/sensation which forms the core of our thoughts.
Idea - copies of impressions - not as “real”
David Hume
There is a mind that regulates the impression.
The self organizes different impressions that one gets in relations to his own existence.
Immanuel Kant
What truly matters is the behavior that a person manifests in his day-to-day life.
The self is best understood as a pattern of behavior - the tendency of the person to act in
certain circumstances.
Gilbert Ryle
Mind and body are inseperable.
The living body, his thoughts, emotions, and experiences are all one.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
