Philosophical Perspectives Flashcards
He quoted “The Unexamined Life is not Worth Living”
Socrates
The two dichotomous realms
Physical and Ideal Realm
It is unchanging, eternal and immortal
Ideal Realm
It is changing, transient and imperfect
Physical Realm
He quoted “The Self is an Immortal Soul”
Plato
The three part soul:
Reason, Physical appetite and Spirit or Passion
Includes the basic emotions such as love, anger, ambition etc.
Spirit or Passion
Is the divine essence that enables us to think deeply, make wise choices and achieve a true understanding of eternal truths
Reason
It includes our basic biological needs
Physical Appetite
When conflict occurs, what part of the soul is responsible?
Reason
He quoted “The Soul is the Essence of the Self”
Aristotle
The three kinds of soul
Vegetative, Sentient and Rational
Is what makes man human
Rational Soul
Includes the physical body that can grow
Vegetative Soul
Includes sensual desires, feelings and emotions
Sentient Soul
He quoted “The Self has an Immortal Soul”
Augustine
He quoted “The Soul is what Makes Us Humans”
Thomas Aquinas
He quoted “I think therefore I am”
Rene Decartes
The Latin Phrase of “I think therefore I am”
Cogito ergo sum
He quoted “The Self is Consciousness”
John Locke
The human mind at birth is _____ or ______
tabula rasa or a blank slate
He quoted “There is no Self”
David Hume
There are only two distinct entities
Impressions and Ideas
Are the basic constituents of an experience upon which ideas are derives
Impressions
Are thoughts and images form impressions so they are less lively and vivid
Ideas
He quoted “We Construct the Self”
Immanuel Kant
He quoted “The Self is Multilayered”
Sigmund Freud
The mind is made up of three mental states:
Conscious, Unconscious and Preconscious
Refers to the mental states that one is not aware of at any given moment
Unconscious
Refers to material that may not be accessible to one’s conscious experience at the moment, but it can be easily retrieved to conciousness
Preconscious
Is that which one is aware of, including thoughts, feelings, intentions, and perceptions, at any given moment in time
Conscious
Three structures of personality
Id, Ego and Superego
Is the seat of consciousness and deals with our external world
ego
is composed of raw urges, instincts and desires that are reprehensible and offensive to come into consciousness
Id
Is the representative of society in our personality, holding our values and morals
Superego
A leading proponent of organismic theory is a German neuropsychiatrist.
Kurt Goldstein
Goldstein calls the same self that is in constant pursuit of actualizing inherent potentialities as:
Self actualization or self-realization
