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1
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_________ was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy.

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Socrates

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HE WAS THE FIRST PHILOSOPHER WHO EVER ENGAGED IN A SYSTEMATIC QUESTIONING ABOUT THE SELF

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Socrates

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____________ - a student of SOCRATES claimed in his dialogs that SOCRATES affirmed that the unexamined life is not worth living.

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PLATO

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____________ - declared without regret that his being indicted was brought about by his going around ATHENS engaging men, young and old, to question their presuppositions about themselves and about the world.

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SOCRATES

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SOCRATES took it upon himself to serve as a “ ________ “ that disturbed Athenian men from their slumber and shook them off in order to reach the truth and wisdom .

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GADFLY

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________ - He said that EVERY MAN is composed of a ______ and ______. This means that every human person is __________, that is , he is composed for 2 IMPORTANT Aspects of his personhood.

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BODY, SOUL. DUALISTIC

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He supported the idea that MAN is dual nature of BODY AND SOUL. In addition to what SOCRATES earlier said

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Plato

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________ he said that there is a 3 components of soul, What is the 3 Components of the Soul?

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• Rational Soul
• Spirited Soul
• Appetitive Soul

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THE _____________ - forged by reasoning and intellect that has to govern the affairs of the human person.

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RATIONAL SOUL

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THE _____________ - Which is in charge of emotions and should be kept at bay.

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SPIRITED SOUL

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___________ view of the human person reflects the entire spirit of the medieval world when it comes to man. Follows the ancient view of PLATO and infusing it with the “Doctrine of ________.”

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Augustine’s. Christianity

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__________ - he agreed that man is a __________ NATURE.

An aspect of man that dwells in the world and is imperfect and continuously yearns to be with the Divine and the other is capable of reaching immortality.

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BIFURCATED

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He Appended something to this christian view. Adapting ideas from ARISTOTLE, AQUINAS.

INDEED, the body is composed of two parts.

-MATTER AND FORM !

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Thomas Aquinas

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14
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Thomas Aquinas

MATTER or _______ in Greek, refers to the common stuff that makes up everything in the universe.

MAN’s body is part of this matter.

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HYLE

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Thomas Aquinas

Form on the other hand , or __________ in Greek refers to the “Essence” of a substance or thing.

It is what makes it what it is.

It’s something that we share even with animals.

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Morphe

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16
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He said that what separates us from person and a dog is our “Soul”. “Our Essence “

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Thomas Aquinas

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17
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_________, Father of Modern Philosophy, conceived of the human person as having a body and a mind.

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Rene Descartes

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18
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In his famous treatise , “The Meditations of First Philosophy”, he claims that there is so much that we should doubt.

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René Descartes

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____________ was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dubbed the father of modern Western philosophy.

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René Descartes

20
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In fact, he says that since much of what we think and believe are not infallible , ( INCAPABLE of MAKING A MISTAKE ) they may turn out to be false.

One should only believe that since which can pass the test of doubt (2008).

If something is so clear and lucid as not to be even doubted, then that is the only time when one should actually buy a proposition.

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René Descartes

21
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Thus , his famous , “COGITO ERGO SUM” , Think therefore , I am .” The fact that one thinks should lead one to conclude without a trace a doubt that he exists .

A

René Descartes

22
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The self then for Descartes is aso a combination of two distinct entitles, the __________, the thing that thinks, which is the mind, and the ________ or extension of the mind , which is the body.

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COGITO, EXTENSA

23
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__________, a Scottish Philosopher, has a very unique way of looking at man.

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David Hume

24
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As an empiricist who believes that one can know only what comes from the senses and experiences , he argues that the self is nothing like what his predecessors thought of it.

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David Hume

25
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The self is not an entity over and beyond the physical body
- __________.

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David Hume

26
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___________ is the school of thought that espouses the idea that knowledge can only be possible if it is sensed and experienced.

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EMPIRICISM

27
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Thinking of the “self “ as a mere combination of impressions was problematic for ________________ . He recognizes the veracity of Hume account that everything starts with perception and sensation of impressions.

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Immanuel Kant

28
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________ suggests that the “self “ is not an entity one can locate and analyze but simply the convenient name that people use to refer to all the behaviors that people make.

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Ryle

29
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_____________ is a phenomenologist who asserts that mind-body bifurcation that has been going on for a long time is a FUTILE ENDEAVOR AND AN INDIVIDUAL PROBLEM.

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Merleau-Ponty

30
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Unlike Ryle who simply denies the “self”, ____________ instead says that the mind and body are so intertwined that they cannot be separated from one another.

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MERLEAU-PONTY

31
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he said that “The problem is the Self”

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Socrates

32
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he said that “The problem is the Self”

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Socrates

33
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He said “TO LIVE BUT DIE INSIDE”

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Socrates

34
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THE _________ - Which is in charge of our base desires like eating, drinking, sleeping, and having sex and should be controlled as well.

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APPETITIVE SOUL

35
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He said that the body is bound to die on earth

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Augustine

36
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In the end, he thought that the only thing that one cannot doubt is the existence of the self, for even if one doubts oneself, that only proves that there is a DOUBTING SELF, a thing that thinks and therefore, that cannot be doubted.

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René Descartes

37
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He view that, the body is nothing else but a machine that is attached to the mind. The human person has it but it is not what makes man a man.

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René Descartes

38
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He said that men can only attain Knowledge by experiencing.

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David Hume

39
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He said that men can only attain Knowledge by experiencing.

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David Hume

40
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The self is nothing else but a Bundle of IMPRESSIONS.

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David Hume

41
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He said that self is simply “a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement.”

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David Hume

42
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he is the one who calls these the APPARATUS of THE MIND

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Emmanuel kant

43
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He solves the mind-body dichotomy that has been running for a long time in the history of thought by blatantly denying the concept of an internal, non-physical self.

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Gilbert Ryle

44
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For him, looking for and trying to understand a self as it really exists is like visiting your friend’s university and looking for the “university.”

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Ryle

45
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He is the one who believes in the University concept of the self

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Gilbert Ryle

46
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He said that Because of these bodies, men are in the world

One’s body is his opening towards his existence to the world

One cannot find any experience that is not an embodied experience.

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Merleau-Ponty

47
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He dismisses the Cartesian Dualism that has spelled so much devastation in the history of man.

• For him, the Cartesian problem is nothing else but plain misunderstanding.

• The living body, his thoughts, emotions, and experiences are all one.

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Merleau-Ponty

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