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UNIT 1: Philoshopical Perspective Of The Self Flashcards

1
Q

Give the name of your teacher in UTS.

A

JM Esteban

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2
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What is Philosophy?

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study of the nature and acquisition of knowledge

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3
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Who is the 11 Philosopher who give perspective of the self

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Socratis
Plato
St. Augustine
Rene Discartes

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4
Q

Greek words of Philosophy

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Philos = love
Sophia = wisdom

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5
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“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

A

Socrates

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6
Q

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

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to acquire happiness.

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7
Q

The supreme good that will secure
happiness

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Virtue

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8
Q

Whos VIEW OF MAN is this?

BODY

PHYSICAL
VISIBLE
TEMPORARY

SOUL

SPIRITUAL
INVISIBLE
PERMANENT

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Socrates View of Man

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9
Q

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.

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Plato

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10
Q

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

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Theory of Forms

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11
Q

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

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soul/mind

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12
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What is The THREE PARTS OF THE SOUL by Plato

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APPETITIVE SOUL
RATIONAL SOUL
SPIRITED SOUL

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13
Q

The element that enjoys
sensual experiences

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Appetitive Soul

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14
Q

The element that loves truth
and reason; forbids sensual
experiences

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Rational Soul

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15
Q

The element that
understands passion, honor
and sense of victory

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Spiritual Soul

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16
Q

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

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St. Augistine

17
Q

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

A

AUGUSTINE‘S VIEW OF MAN

18
Q

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

A

Rene Discartes

19
Q

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.

A

Rene Descartes

20
Q

“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.

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John Locke

21
Q

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

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John Locke’s View of Man

22
Q

“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.

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David Hume

23
Q

What is the two mind’s perceptions.

A

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

23
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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

A

Immanuel Kant

23
Q

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

A

Apperception

23
Q

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

A

IMMANUEL KANT’S VIEW OF MAN

24
Q

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

A

Sigmund Freud

25
Q

Explain Freud View of man

A

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

26
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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

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Gilbert Ryle

27
Q

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

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Gilber ryle’s view of man

28
Q

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.

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Paul Churchland

29
Q

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

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eliminative materialism

30
Q

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

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Paul Churland’s View of Man

31
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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.

A

Maurice Ponty

32
Q

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

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embodied
subjectivity

33
Q

Self:

Body
Percieved World
People and The world

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Maurice Ponty’S View of Man

34
Q

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

A

Empiricism

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