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First Martyr of philosophy knowledge of education.

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SOCRATES

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He was made to choose between death and exile with the drinking
of Hemlock

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SOCRATES

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His philosophy underlies the value of the impression of knowing oneself

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SOCRATES

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He believed that every man is dualistic, composed of body and soul

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SOCRATES

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a student of Socrates. He wrote various literature that tackles politics,
human nature, and constituted the concept of virtue and intelligence.

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PLATO

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according to him, a person who is a follower of truth and wisdom will not be enticed by vices and will always be correct/moral/ethical

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PLATO

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3 concepts of the soul by plato

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  • Appetitive soul
  • Spirited Soul
  • Rational soul
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the part of the person that is motivated by want and need to
satisfy oneself. This satisfaction involves physical needs and pleasures and desires, objects and situations.

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Appetitive soul

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a brave part of a person. The one who desires to do something or to right the wrong that they observe.

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Spirited Soul

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the drive of our lives. The part that thinks and plans for the future.

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Rational soul

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A Saint and a philosopher of the church. He follows the concept that God embraces us all, he said that everything will be better if we are with God.

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ST. AGUTINE

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Know Yourself

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SOCRATES

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The Ideal Self, the Perfect Self

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PLATO

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“I think, therefore I am”

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RENE DESCARTES

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Is a French Philosopher not able to be the father of modern philosophy because of his radical use of a systematic and early scientific method to help his assumptions

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RENE DESCARTES

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known for the statement “cogito ergo sum”

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RENE DESCARTES

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Personal Identity

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JOHN LOCKE

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Is an English philosopher and physician. Considered to be the father of classical liberation and his works made up of the way to various revolutions to fight the utter powers of monarchs and rules of his time that led to the improvement of governance, politics, and economic system that we know today.

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JOHN LOCKE

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Tabula Rasa

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blank slate

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The self is the Bundle Theory of Mind

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DAVID HUME

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He is a Scottish Philosopher, he focused his work in the field of empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism

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DAVID HUME

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He said there is no permanent self because impressions of things are based on ourvexperiences where we can make our concepts and knowledge

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DAVID HUME

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He cited that the self is nothing but a collection of impressions

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DAVID HUME

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Respect for self

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IMMANUEL KANT

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A German philosopher that is famous for his works on empiricism and rationalism
IMMANUEL KANT
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He defined the self as an organizing principle that combines experiences
IMMANUEL KANT
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the mind permits us to recognize not only things that are present in this universe but also those that are not present but are experienced anyways,
apparatuses of the mind
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He is the father of psychoanalysis.
SIGMUND FREUD
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three levels of consciousness:
- Conscious - Preconscious - Unconscious
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mind includes mental abilities that we are presently aware of
Conscious
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activities that are not currently active but stored in our memory
Preconscious
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activities that are totally unaware of
Unconscious
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three levels of awareness
- Id - ego - superego
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driven by pleasure principle
Id
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reality
Ego
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conscience
Superego
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He gained first-class honors at Queen’s College, Oxford, and became a lecturer at Christ Church College in 1924. His first book, The Concept of Mind (1949), is considered a modern classic
GILBERT RYLE
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A Canadian philosopher who focuses on the idea that people should improve our association and use of worth in distinguishing the self
PAUL CHURCHLAND
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A French phenomenological philosopher, powerfully influenced by Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. He is famous for his works on existentialism and phenomenology.
MAURICE JEAN JACQUES MERLEAU-PONTY
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the attires, tools, weapons, architectural designs, religious implements
material culture
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belief systems, the values, the norms or expected behaviors
nonmaterial culture
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rules on what to do or what not to do in a certain situation
Norms
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ideal behavior or principles that set the standard of what is acceptable and admirable from a person who is part of a society.
Values
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sets of ideas, norms, practices, or mechanisms organized and focused on addressing the needs of the community
social institutions
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vital factors in creating our self-concept
Social interaction
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Who founded the Culture and Personality
Ruth Benedict (1887-1948) and Margaret Mead (1901-1978).
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five sample social institutions
- Kinship/Family - Economics/Market - Politics/Government - Education/School - Religion/Church
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This is the most basic social institution of a society that organizes us based on our familial ties
Kinship/Family
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This system aims to regulate the flow of resources and services.
Economics/Market
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This is usually composed of various organizations ensuring peace and order by legitimizing the use of power of certain people or groups.
Politics/Government
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ensue that the knowledge of the past and the culture of the society gets transmitted form one generation to another
Education/School
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This is an organized set of practices, symbols, and artifacts regarding the belief of the supernatural.
Religion/Church
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one of the earliest psychologists to study the self
William James
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he conceptualized the self as having two aspects-the “I” and the “me”
William James
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argued that human interaction helps develop the self
George Herbert Mead
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states that we can feel threatened when someone outperforms us
self-evaluation maintenance theory
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trait” characterized by overly high self-esteem
Narcissism
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described as a code of ethical conduct, of how one should properly act according to their relationship with other people,
Confucianism
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living in the way of the Tao or the universe
Taoism
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The self is seen as an illusion, born out of ignorance, of trying to hold and control things, or human-centered needs, thus the self is also the source of all these suffering
Buddhism

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