Philosophical Foundatin Of The Self Flashcards

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“Love of wisdom”

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Philosophy

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Study of general and fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language

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Philosophy

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“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing”

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Socrates

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“Know thyself”

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Socrates

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“Question everything”

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Socrates

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“Only the pursuit of goodness brings happiness”

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Socrates

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Socratic method

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Question and answer

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“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge”

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Plato

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According to Plato, behavior flows from three main sources: ______

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Desire
Emotion
Knowledge

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Man is a dual nature, BODY & SOUL

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Dualism

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Three components of tripartite soul

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Reason
Spirit
Appetite

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Desires to exert reason and attain rational decisions

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Reason

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Desires supreme honor

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Spirit

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Desires body pleasures such as food, drink, sex, etc.

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Appetite

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“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire”

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Aristotle

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What are the seven causes of human actions according to Aristotle

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Chance
Nature
Compulsions
Habit
Reason
Passion
Desire

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Contributed the foundation of both symbolic logic and scientific thinking

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Aristotle

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What is the best way to gain knowledge according to Aristotle

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Natural philosophy

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Natural philosophy is what we would now call _____

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Is the central purpose of human life and a goal in itself

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“Happiness is the central purpose of human life and a goal in itself”

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“The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself”

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St. Augustine of Hippo

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An important figure in the development of western christianity

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St. Augustine of Hippo

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His philosophy of man brings together wisdom of the Greek philosophy and the divine truths contained in the scripture

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St. Augustine of Hippo

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“Do unto others, what you want others to do unto you”
St. Augustinee of Hippo
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Father of modern philosophy
Rene Descartes
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“Dubito ergo cogito., cogito ergo sum” / “I think, therefore I am”
Rene Descartes
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Is defined as a subject that thinks
The self
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“The fact that I am doubting, cannot be any more open to doubt”
Rene Descartes
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“Personal identity is a matter of psychological continuity”
John Locke
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Empty mind
Tabula rasa
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“Our concept of personal identity must derive from inner experience”
John Locke
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“A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence”
David Hume
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“The self is bundle of impression”
David Hume
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“To be is to do”
Immanuel Kant
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The central figure of the self
Consciousness
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TWO KINDS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Internal self External self
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Composed of psychological states and informed decisions; remembering our own state, how can we combine the new and the old ideas with our mind
Internal self
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Made up of ourselves and the physical world where the representation of objects
External self
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“I made it, and so I am”
Gilbert Ryle
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Rejects the theory that mental states are separable from physical states
Gilbert Ryle
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Concluded that adequate descriptions of human behavior need never refer to anything but the operations of human bodies
Gilbert Ryle
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His form of philosophical behaviorism became a standard vie for several decades
Gilbert Ryle
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“We know not through our intellect but through our experience”
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
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His work is commonly associated with existentialism
Maurice Merleau-Ponty