UNIT 1: Philoshopical Perspective Of The Self

Question 1

Give the name of your teacher in UTS.

Answer 1

JM Esteban

Question 2

What is Philosophy?

Answer 2

study of the nature and acquisition of knowledge

Question 3

Who is the 11 Philosopher who give perspective of the self

Answer 3

Socratis
Plato
St. Augustine
Rene Discartes

Question 4

Greek words of Philosophy

Answer 4

Philos = love
Sophia = wisdom

Question 5

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
The Father of Western Philosophy
“Socratic Method”
“Self Knowledge”
Charged with corruption of minors
sentenced to death by drinking a cup of
poison hemlock

Answer 5

Socrates

Question 6

He believed man’s goal in life is to what?

Answer 6

to acquire happiness.

Question 7

The supreme good that will secure
happiness

Answer 7

Virtue

Question 8

Whos VIEW OF MAN is this?

BODY

PHYSICAL
VISIBLE
TEMPORARY

SOUL

SPIRITUAL
INVISIBLE
PERMANENT

Answer 8

Socrates View of Man

Question 9

He “Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good action in others”, Student of Socrates. He wrote the
Socratic Dialogue which was contained
Socrates’ philosophical arguments.

Answer 9

Plato

Question 10

what book asserted that the ultimate reality exists
beyond the physical world

Answer 10

Theory of Forms

Question 11

the ______ is where man’s Forms (ideas) are known.

Answer 11

soul/mind

Question 12

What is The THREE PARTS OF THE SOUL by Plato

Answer 12

APPETITIVE SOUL
RATIONAL SOUL
SPIRITED SOUL

Question 13

The element that enjoys
sensual experiences

Answer 13

Appetitive Soul

Question 14

The element that loves truth
and reason; forbids sensual
experiences

Answer 14

Rational Soul

Question 15

The element that
understands passion, honor
and sense of victory

Answer 15

Spiritual Soul

Question 16

He said “For you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until it rests in you.”

Answer 16

St. Augistine

Question 17

Whose view of man is this?

BODY
Possesses the senses,
imagination, memory,
memory reason and
mind

SOUL
It is aware of itself.
Immaterial. Ability to
recognize God

Answer 17

AUGUSTINE‘S VIEW OF MAN

Question 18

He said “I think therefore I am.”A French Philosopher who was famous for being the advocate of Methodical Doubt – a systematic process of being skeptical of one’s belief to ascertain their truthfulness. He asserted that as physical
senses can be fooled, everything can be doubted. He
is also known for the Latin statement “Cogito ergo
sum” [I think therefore I am] the “self” is Constant, not prone to change and The source of our identity

Answer 18

Rene Discartes

Question 19

Whose view of man is this?

BODY
Changes through time
and is made up of
quantifiable parts

COGITO/MIND
Conscious thinking
substance unaffected by
time known only to itself.

Answer 19

Rene Descartes

Question 20

“Knowledge is derived from experience”, An English philosopher and physician during the Age of
Enlightenment. He has also contributed to the study of politics. He views the “self” as including the memories a person has. same person yesterday.

Answer 20

John Locke

Question 21

The self as “Tabula Rasa” [blank slate]

He said that a person is born with no
knowledge or identity but is capable to
learn from experiences which would
form said identity

Answer 21

John Locke’s View of Man

Question 22

“Knowledge is derived from human senses”. He is a Scottish Philosopher, whoadvocated the idea of Empiricism –
the idea that knowledge comes from
sense, opposing Descartes’ Rationalism. What we cannot sense does not exist.

Answer 22

David Hume

Question 23

What is the two mind’s perceptions.

Answer 23

Impressions/Sensation (source)
and Ideas/Thoughts (content)

Question 23

He said “Reason is the final authority of morality”. A German philosopher famous in modern philosophy. He made
contributions to metaphysics epistemology and ethics. the self is not the body but is outside of it. Knowledge bridges the “self” and the material world

Answer 23

Immanuel Kant

Question 23

the mental process which a person makes sense of an idea by assimilating it to the body of ideas he/she already possesses

Answer 23

Apperception

Question 23

The self perceives the world based on two components EXPERIENCES/OUTER SELF - It includes your senses and the physical world APPARATUSES OF THE MIND/INNER SELF - It includes your rational intellect and one’s psychological state

Answer 23

IMMANUEL KANT'S VIEW OF MAN

Question 24

He said “Wish fulfillment is the road to the unconscious”. He is the father of psychoanalysis - which is based on the notion that a person is driven by unseen forces and controlled by conscious and rational thought. He is also famous for his work on the role of sex and the unconscious Focus on Unconscious * A repository for traumatic repressed memories * Source of anxiety provoking drives that is socially unacceptable

Answer 24

Sigmund Freud

Question 25

Explain Freud View of man

Answer 25

EGO - OPR based on realityprinciple - PreConcious SUPER EGO - perfection principle - unconcious ID - pleasure principle - unConcious

Question 26

He said “I act therefore I am”. His first book, The Concept of Mind (1949), is considered a modern classic. He disagreed with Descartes’ view that the mental and physical are separate. He continues to oppose Descartes for the notion that there is a “soul” inside the body. All knowledge and imagination do not reside in a metaphorical space

Answer 26

Gilbert Ryle

Question 27

the self or our sense of self is a collection of our behaviors and actions

Answer 27

Gilber ryle's view of man

Question 28

He “The physical brain and not the imaginary mind gives us our sense of self”. His philosophy stands on the materialistic view or that only the physical world exists.

Answer 28

Paul Churchland

Question 29

Considers the idea that there is a soul or mind separate from the physical world is false calling it

Answer 29

eliminative materialism

Question 30

As a materialist, he asserted that our sense of self originated from the brain and its functions

Answer 30

Paul Churland's View of Man

Question 31

He said “Physical body is an important part of the self”. A French phenomenological philosopher, famous for his works on existentialism and phenomenology. He does not believe in a dualistic view of the self rather the mind and body are connected.

Answer 31

Maurice Ponty

Question 32

an entity that possess conscious experiences like feelings, beliefs, and desires

Answer 32

embodied subjectivity

Question 33

Self: Body Percieved World People and The world

Answer 33

Maurice Ponty'S View of Man

Question 34

the idea that knowledge comes from sense, opposing Descartes’ Rationalism. What we cannot sense does not exist.

Answer 34

Empiricism