PHILOSOPHY OF THE SELF (L1)

Question 1

long standing mission is to “know yourself”

Answer 1

Socrates

Question 2

The body is nothing but a machine attached to the mind, while the mind is part of the unseen creation.

Answer 2

Rene Descartes

Question 3

Part of the soul forged by reason and intellect has to govern the affairs of the human person.

Answer 3

Rational soul

Question 4

To preserve our souls for the afterlife, we must be fully aware of who we are and the virtues that come with its attainment.

Answer 4

Socrates

Question 5

Father of Modern Philosophy

Answer 5

Rene Descartes

Question 6

The soul does not exist with the body. It exists prior to being joined to the body. Resembling the idea of reincarnation.

Answer 6

Plato

Question 7

The soul is capable of reaching immortality by staying after death in a/an _________.

Answer 7

eternal realm

Question 8

Inner self & Outer Self

Differentiate the two

Answer 8

Immanuel Kant

Question 9

theory of rationalism

Answer 9

Immanuel Kant

Question 10

reason is the foundation of all knowledge rather than experience

Answer 10

Rationalism by Immanuel Kant

Question 11

Mind does not exist

Answer 11

Gilbert Ryle

Question 12

We perceive a sense of self depending on how our mind put impressions together and makes sense of them as “me.”

Answer 12

David Hume

Question 13

The body is that imperfect aspect of man that is bound to perish on earth.

Answer 13

Augustine

Question 14

Theory of self-knowledge

Answer 14

Thomas Aquinas

Question 15

behaviors and actions give us our sense of self

Answer 15

Gilbert Ryle

Question 16

Cogito ergo sum: “I think, therefore I am”

Answer 16

Rene Descartes

Question 17

Part of the soul in charge of base desires like eating, drinking, sleeping and having sex should be controlled as well.

Answer 17

Appetitive soul

Question 18

The body is NOT the prison house of self, rather, it is the subject that embodies self.

Answer 18

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Question 19

Our being is not composed of isolated minds or selves, rather, we are agents interacting with the environment.

Answer 19

Thomas Aquinas

Question 20

Individual’s personhood is composed of the body and soul

Answer 20

Socrates

Question 21

human purpose of every man according to Augustine

Answer 21

attain spiritual union with God by living life according to virtues

Question 22

the mind cannot be experienced by our senses, then it does not really exists

Answer 22

Paul Churchland

Question 23

Our identity is tied with our consciousness

Answer 23

John Locke

Question 24

MIND and BODY are so intertwined that they cannot be separated from one another

Answer 24

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Question 25

highest form of human existence is to question oneself and others

Answer 25

Socrates

Question 26

His concept contradicts the empiricism and rationalism

Answer 26

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Question 27

He emphasizes that justice in the human person can only be attained if the three parts of the soul are working harmoniously with one another.

Answer 27

Plato

Question 28

The human soul or psyche is divided into three parts

Answer 28

appetitive, spirited and rational

Question 29

“I act, therefore I am”

Answer 29

Gilbert Ryle

Question 30

everything that originates from our senses according to David Hume

Answer 30

Impressions

Question 31

The mind is the seat of our consciousness because it houses our drives, intellect, passion and understanding.

Answer 31

Rene Descartes

Question 32

belief that nothing but MATTER exists

Answer 32

eliminative materialism

(Paul Churchland)

Question 33

one person is made up of one body and one soul

Answer 33

Augustine

Question 34

Physical brain is where we get our sense of self

Answer 34

Paul Churchland

Question 35

“Who am I?” can be resolved by reasoning taken from life encounters as evidences

Answer 35

Thomas Aquinas

Question 36

Part of the soul in charge of emotions should be kept in control at all times.

Answer 36

Spirited soul

Question 37

OUR MEMORIES GIVE US OUR IDENTITY

Answer 37

John Locke