Socratic Method + Philosophical Views Flashcards
What do Socrates believe in?
He believes in a soul - which is an entity that exists beyond the physical world.
What is the Socratic Method?
The Method of questioning. It engages an individual over the meaning of some claim to knowledge and is cross-examined until a clear solution is made or argument can’t be refuted.
( Uses simple questions to delve into dialogue, and both parties contemplate over the answer )
What does Human Nature refer to?
Study of what makes us human and how our specie is unique.
What is the Traditional Western View on human nature?
” All humans are rational beings who have the same human nature and serve a purpose. “
Also focuses on immaterial entity - soul
What is the Judeo-Christian View on human nature?
Humans are made in the image of God with the ability to love and with rational self-consciousness.
Also focuses on self is immaterial from body
Who is likely to be in agreement with the Scientific View of human nature? Explain why.
Darwin.
Darwin suggests humans evolved from earlier species who undergone natural selection and gene variation.
suggests human nature has no purpose and not unique.
What is the Existentialist view of human nature?
Humans do not have the same fixed nature - they create their own
suggests that the self is freely-choosing
What is Descartes’ Dualist View of human nature?
Humans are immaterial minds ( cannot be observed ) with material bodies ( can be observed )
Who claims that the enduring self is a soul? Descartes or Locke?
Descartes
Who claims that the memory produces the enduring self? Descartes or Locke?
Locke
