Understanding Self Midterms Examination Flashcards
conducted scientific investigations in the effort to
understand the self and have developed theories and
concepts to account for the similarities and differences
among them.
Western Thoughts
the emphasis is individualistic
rather than relational.
Western Thoughts
Many movements of ______________ raise questions about the
ultimate meaning of human life and have developed theories of self
insofar as they have investigated what it means to be a human being.
Eastern Thoughts
the emphasis is relational rather than
individual. The self is considered not in isolation but in relation to others,
society, and the universe.
Eastern Thoughts
aim at transformations in consciousness, feelings,
emotions, and one’s relation to other people and the world.
Eastern Thoughts
The self is a distinct and autonomous entity; it is an independent part of the universe and the society.
Individualism
Independence and selfreliance are core values.
Individualism
The self is an integrated part of the universe and the society.
Collectivism
Interdependence and connectedness are core values.
Collectivism
known as Buddha is the founder of Buddhism.
Siddharta Gautama
The root word of Buddhism is _____meaning awake.
Budh
According to the teachings of Buddhism, every person has the ___________________, hence, potential to be a Buddha. But the seed should be nurtured.
seed of enlightenment
In Buddhist philosophy, man is just a title for the summation of the five parts
matter, sensation, perception, mental constructs, and consciousness
In Buddhism, _____________means that everything in life is always changing, that nothing lasts forever.
anicca (impermanence)
The ideal is to experience ______,a state of transcendence devoid of self-reference.
Nirvana
This state of transcendence can be achieved through ______.
meditation
“The goal of man is to have a knowledge of the true reality”
Brahman
It is the most important doctrine of Hinduism.
Law of karma
All actions are subject to ____.
Karma.
Hindus believe that ______ being an immortal soul continues to be reincarnated from lifetime to lifetime until it is freed from the cycle of rebirth and reach a state of nirvana or non-birth.
Atman
Karma does not end with a body’s death, so its influence may extend through incarnation of the ____.
Soul
The core of Confucian thought is _______________________________________.
the Golden Rule or the principle of reciprocity
Another important feature in Confucian thought is the individual’s greatest mission of attaining ______…
Self Realization
could be accomplished by knowing one’s role in the society and act accordingly.
Self Cultivation
is perfected through continuously taking every opportunity to improve oneself in thought and action.
Moral Character
To them, the self is an extension of the ______, not of social relationships.
Cosmos
The self is described as one of the _____________ of the Tao
limitless forms
The ______ is commonly regarded as Nature that is the foundation of all that exists.
Tao
There should be unity and harmony among opposing elements:
The Ying and Yang
Theological View of Western Thoughts
Monotheistic
Theological View of Eastern Thoughts
Polytheistic(Pluralistic)
View of Self on Western Thoughts
Ego Centric
View of Self on Eastern Thoughts
Socio Centric
The ideal of Western thoughts
Self-actualization through personal growth
The ideal of Eastern thoughts
To achieve a balanced life and find one’s role in society.
Source of Knowledge on Western thoughts
Has made use of reason rather than faith to pursue wisdom.
Source of Knowledge on Eastern thoughts
Has trusted intuition and is often associated with religious beliefs.
________ no matter how intimately bound it is with the bearer, however, is ot the person.
A name
means “love of wisdom”.
Philosophy
‘philo’ means
Love
‘sophia’ means
Wisdom
“an unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates
first philosopher to engage in a systematic questioning about the self and took it upon to himself to serve as a “gadfly” who disturbed Athenian men from their slumber and shook them off in order to reach the truth and wisdom.
Socrates
Through _____________, a person becomes virtuous or come to know his values.
Introspection
Socrates believes that an individual’s reality is divided by two parts:
The physical realm and the ideal realm.
Socrates was the first one to focus on the self, who we are, who we should be and who we will become in which he believes that every human has an _______________ aside from the physical body
immortal soul
consists of the world that we are living in. It is the world that changes and temporary.
The Physical Realm
contains concepts about the universe, truth, goodness and beauty. These are the things that does not undergo changes and are ever-lasting.
The Ideal Realm
For Socrates, every man is composed of ____ and ____.
body; soul
This means that every humans person is ________, that is, he is composed of two important aspects of his personhood.
dualistic
according to Plato was synonymous with the self.
Soul
The only difference was that the self is in the _________ and the soul is in the _________.
physical form; ideal form
Self is something temporary and the soul is eternal. True or False?
True
According to Plato, there are three components to the soul:
the rational soul, the spirited soul and the appetitive soul.
He emphasizes that justice in the human person can only be attained if the three parts of the soul are working. True or False?
False, the three parts of the soul should be working harmoniously with one another
is forged by reason and intellect.
The rational soul
is in charge of emotions.
The spirited soul
consists of our desire that we need enable to live.
The appetitive soul
only humans have this soul.
The rational soul
Animals and Humans have this soul
The spirited soul
believes that there is an aspect of man, which dwells in the worlds, that is imperfect and continuously years to be with the divine while the other is capable of reaching immortality.
St. Augustine
the “Father of Modern Philosophy.” He claims that there is so much that we should doubt.
Rene Descartes
The self is then for Descartes is also a combination of two distinct entities,
cogito and extenza
the thing that thinks
cogito
the extention of the mind (the body).
extenza
he said that the self doesn’t exist.
David Hume
The self is just a collection or combination of all the perceptions of a particular person.
David Hume
He finds that they can all be categorized into two:
Impressions and ideas
are the basic object of our experience or sensation.
Impressions
are copies of impressions.
Ideas
He thinks that there is an organizing principle that regulates the relationships of all the perceptions and sensation of impressions.
Immanuel Kant
organizes the impressions that men get from the external world.
Mind
we are the ones who create our reality in which we are familiar and comfortable. True or False?
True
consists of ideas that cannot be found in the world but is only built in our minds (e.g. time and space).
“Apparatus of the Mind”
is an actively engaged intelligence in man that synthesizes all knowledge and experience.
Self
For him, our behaviors or what we do in our day-to-day lives were the ones that makes us a person.
Gilbert Ryle