Philosophy lesson 3 Flashcards
Nature of human personhood
what makes us human
what is human being
who am i
a theory that states that the mental and the physical - or mind and body or mind and brain are distinct and separable modes
Plato’s dualism / dualism
reality is made of two essences
Metaphysical Dualism
“everything in this world is a shadow of it’s ideal form in the world of ideas
On nature of reality
our sensed objective physical world is just an illusionary world
World of senses
The real reality/world is the ideal world that we can only access through reasoning
world of ideas/forms
Appetite or desire - laborers
Belly
Courage or spirit - soldiers and military officers
Heart
Reason or knowledge - philosophers, thinkers and rules
Brain
it would be a life enslaved by desires
Life ruled by appetite
Life would be ruled by feelings and emotions
If spiritedness
Reason must be the overruling over other parts
knows what is good
A theory/belief that states that the mind and the brain are in the state of singleness
Aristotle’s monism / monism
Reality is made of one essence
Metaphysical monism
Truth resides in the world around us
Aristotle’s nature of reality
A portmanteau of the greek words for matter ( hule) and form ( edios or morphe)
every physical object is a compound of matter and form
Hylomorphism