Philosophical Perspectives

Question 1

This system of worldviews reveals human attitudes and serves as guidelines. It comes from the Greek words “phileo” (love) and “sophia” (wisdom).

Answer 1

Philosophy

Question 2

“the unexamined life is not worth living”

Answer 2

Socrates

Question 3

rational, spirited, and appetitive soul

Answer 3

Plato

Question 4

vegetative, sentient, and rational soul

Answer 4

Aristotle

Question 5

when the body dies, the soul lives eternally with God

Answer 5

St. Augustine

Question 6

father of modern philosophy, “I think, therefore I am”

Answer 6

Rene Descartes

Question 7

the self: cogito (the mind) + extenza (body)

Answer 7

Rene Descartes

Question 8

tabula rasa

Answer 8

John Locke

Question 9

self, soul + mind is just a combination of experiences

Answer 9

David Hume

Question 10

Transcendental Unity of Apperception, the self isn’t just personality, but a seat of knowledge

Answer 10

Immanuel Kant

Question 11

“what truly matters is the behavior a person manifests in everyday life”, behavioristic

Answer 11

Gilbert Ryle

Question 12

“If the mind can’t be experienced by senses, it doesn’t exist”, materialism

Answer 12

Paul Churchland

Question 13

Phenomenology of Perception, “perception is a creative receptivity, influenced by varied experiences of the self”

Answer 13

Maurice Merleau-Ponty