PHILOSOPHY OF SELF

Question 1

The self is an immortal soul.
Self is synonymous to the soul.
Man must live an examined life.
Unexamined life is not worth living

Answer 1

Socrates

Question 2

Like Socrates, his teacher, believed that the self is synonymous to the soul.
Philosophy is the process of self-knowledge and purification of the soul.
Bifurcated the truth or reality into two

Answer 2

Plato

Question 3

The soul is the essence of the self.
Anything with life has soul.
Body and soul are not separate entities.

Answer 3

Aristotle

Question 4

3 kinds of souls

Answer 4

Vegetative
Sentient
Rational

Question 5

physical body that can grow

Answer 5

Vegetative

Question 6

sensual desires, feelings and emotions

Answer 6

Sentient

Question 7

what makes us human; the intellect

Answer 7

Rational

Question 8

Knowledge is derived from experience
Perceived through the 5 senses
Or the brain

Answer 8

Empiricism

Question 9

Explains self from the standpoint of what is IDEAL and TRUE
not rooted in what is felt by the senses or body
conclusions are derived through logic and reasoning

Answer 9

Rationalism

Question 10

Incorporated Science to the theories in the light of technological advancements they have been exposed to.

Answer 10

Contemporary philosophy

Question 11

The self has an immortal soul.
Integrated ideas of Plato and Christianity
Humankind is created in the image and likeness of God.

Answer 11

St. Augustine

Question 12

Man is composed of 2 parts:
Matter
Form
The soul is what animates the body; it is what makes us human.

Answer 12

St. Thomas Aquinas

Question 13

I think, therefore I am.
A thinking entity that:
Doubts
Understands
Analyzes
Questions
Reasons

Answer 13

Rene Descartes

Question 14

the self is consciousness.
The human mind at birth is ‘tabula rasa’ or a blank slate.
We are defined by our personal experiences.
Knowledge is based on careful observations of experiences.

Answer 14

John Locke

Question 15

There is no self.
What people experience are just a bundle or collection of different perceptions.

Answer 15

David Hume

Question 16

We construct the Self.
It is the self that makes experiencing an intelligible world possible because it is the self that is actively organizing and synthesizing all of our thoughts and perceptions.
The self is the product of reason, because the self transcends experience.

Answer 16

Immanuel Kant

Question 17

The Self is multilayered.
Not a philosopher but has ideas that are worth exploring and understanding.
The self consists of 3 layers:
Conscious – reality principle
Unconscious – most primitive level of human motivation and human functioning – pleasure principle.
Preconscious –material that is not threatening and is easily brought to mind.

Answer 17

Sigmund Freud

Question 18

The self is the way people behave
I act, therefore I am
Mind and body are closely linked.
The self is the same as bodily behavior.

Answer 18

Gilbert Ryle

Question 19

The self is the brain
Eliminative materialism – the self is inseperable from the brain and the physiology of the body.

Answer 19

Paul & Patricia Churchland

Question 20

The self is embodied subjectivity
All knowledge about the self is based on the phenomena of experience.

Answer 20

Maurice Merleau-Ponty