Philosophical Self Flashcards
This is the acquiring of knowledge through rational thinking
Philosophy
defined generally as “ a unified being, essentially connected to consciousness, awareness, and agency.”
Self
The philosopher that emphasizes that you have to really know yourself because if not, it could into confusion.
Socrates
TRUE OR FALSE:
According to Socrates’ philosophy, “Men’s goal in life is to obtain happiness, that’s why by fully knowing thyself, a person will be able to achieve happiness.”
TRUE
He is the “Father of the Academy” and also believes the diversion of a person’s body and soul in which form a person as a whole
Plato
This is Plato’s “Parts of a soul” which tackles a person’s biological needs
Appetitive Soul
This refers to the part of the soul in which is responsible for the decision-making and the “drives of our lives.”
Rational Soul
This refers to the part of the soul in which the courageous part is found. As well as the values, ethics, etc.
Spirited Soul
He emphasizes that “we may not be able to give our agreement to everything other people tell us, but we can still agree to those who we are from our own perception.” Also emphasizes that the existence of God must be acknowledged.
St. Augustine
He believed in the dualism or the existence of both mind & body and introduces the Methodological Doubt or the continuous process of questioning
Rene Descartes
He is the father of classical liberation and believes that the self originated from “tabula rasa” or “blank state”
John Locke
He explained that the self is the accumulation of different impressions and does not exceed the physical realm.
David Hume
He explained the “transcendental accumulation” which means establishing the notion of self by synthesizing one’s accumulation of experiences, intuition, & imagination.
Immanuel Kant
Believes that “we are a by-product of our experiences in the past and that are actions are driven by the idea of resisting or avoiding pain.”
Sigmund Freud
This is part of Freud’s aspects of personality in which is driven by the “pleasure principle”
Id
This refers to the “conscience of one’s personality.”
Super Ego
Aspect that “decides” and “thinks”
Ego
TRUE OR FALSE:
Kung si “Id” ay puro sarap, si “Super Ego” naman ay perfect, si Ego naman ang dahilan ng pagkawala ng balanse ng dalawang ito?
FALSE. Si Ego ang nagbabalanse.
This is the level of consciousness that tackles our awareness of our memories
Conscious
This is the level of consciousness wherein the majority of our childhood memories are deeply stored. Freud highlighted “baka may mga bagay/experience na nagbibigay ng hindi magandang pakiramdam kaya napupunta rito”
Unconscious
This is the level of consciousness that tackles our memories that are half-forgotten but are still able to be recalled.
Pre-conscious
He used the behavioristic approach to self “nagpapakita na kung ano ang kinikilos mo, ayon ang nagpapakita ng kung sino ba talaga tayo.
Gilbert Ryle
He has the biological approach in understanding the self, that is it is defined by the movement of our brain.
Paul Churchland
He regarded that the body and mind are not separate entities but rather those two components is one and the same
Maurice Jean Jacques Merleau-Ponty
To him, in making your life relevant, and meaningful, one should extend his life to contribute to society and that the soul is what animates the body; it is what makes us humans.
Thomas Aquinas
