Unit 1.2 Flashcards

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______ stated that _______ is the supreme good that will secure happiness

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Socray
virtue

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He stated that “Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good action in others”

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Plato

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Plato wrote the _________ which was contained Socrates’ philosophical arguments

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Socratic Dialogue

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Plato is well known for his book ________ which asserted that the ultimate reality exists beyond the physical world

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Theory of Fonus

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Plato considers the ______ as the most divine aspect of being. However rather than a spiritual being soul/mind is where man’s ______ (ideas) are known

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soul
Forms

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Plato’s view of man

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Appetitive soul
Rational soul
Spirited soul

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The element that enjoys are sensual experiences

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APPETITIVE SOUL

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The element that loves truth and reason, forbids sensual experiences

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RATIONAL SOUL

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The element that understands passion, hold and sense of victory

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SPIRITED SOUL

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10
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St. Augustine’s view of man

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Body
Soul

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

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BODY

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

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SOUL

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He stated that “Man has the ability to tend to the divine because of his/her capacity to comprehend truths. “

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St. Augustine

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He stated that “A man focused on the physical world is no different from animals but is similar to God if he uses his mind and ability”

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St. Augustine

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French Philosopher who was famous for being the advocate of Methodical Doubt

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Rene Descartes

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A systematic process of being skeptical of one’s belief to ascertain their truthfulness.

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Methodical Doubt

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He asserted that as physical senses can be fooled, everything can be doubled.

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Rene Descartes

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He is known for the Latin statement “Cogito ergo sum” [I think therefore I am)

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Rene Descartes

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• As with previous philosophers, Rene Descartes asserted the “self” is:

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• Constant, not prone to change
• The source of our identity

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Rene Descartes View of Man

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BODY
COGITO/MIND

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21
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Changes through time and is made up of quantifiable parts

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BODY

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22
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JOHN LOCKE’S VIEW OF MAN

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• 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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23
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He stated that “Knowledge is derived from human senses”

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DAVID HUME

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He is a Scottish Philosopher, who advocated the idea of Empiricism

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David Hume

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The idea that knowledge comes from sense experience
Empiricism
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For him, the self exists because of our conscious perceptions. What we cannot sense does not exist.
David Hume
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David Hume divided the mind’s perceptions into two groups ________ and ________
Impressione and Ideas
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Stated that “Reason is the final authority of morality”
IMMANUEL KANT
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A German philosopher famous in modern philosophy. He made contributions to metaphysics epistemology and ethics.
Immanuel Kant
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For him, the self is not the body but is outside of it. Knowledge bridges the “_____” and the material world
Immanuel Kant self
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The mental process which a person makes sense of an idea by assimilating it to the body of ideas he/she already…
Apperception
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Immanuel Kant's View of Man m
Experiences/outer self Apparatuses of the mind/Inner self
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It includes your senses and the physical world
EXPERIENCES/OUTER SELF
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It includes your rational intellect and one's psychological state
APPARATUSES OF THE MIND/INNER SELF
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The self perceives the world based on two components
Experiences/outer self Apparatuses of the mind/inner self
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He conceptualizes the various levels of consciousness that give an idea of how a person develops a sense of self
Sigmund Freud
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Father of psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
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Sigmund Freud's view of man
ID - operates based on pleasure principle Superego - perfection Ego - reality
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“I act therefore I am”
Gilbert Ryle
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His first book, ________ (1949), is considered a modem classic.
Gilbert Ryle The Concept of Mind
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He disagreed with Descartes’ view that the mental and physical are separate.
Gilbert Ryle
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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
Gilbert Ryle
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He stated that "The physical brain and not the imaginary mind gives us our sense of self"
PAUL CHURCHLAND
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A Canadian philosopher known for his studies in neurophilosophy and the philosophy of the mind
Paul Churchland
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His philosophy stands on the materialistic view or that only the physical world exists.
Paul Churchland
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Paul Churchland considers the idea that there is a soul or body separate from the physical world is false calling it __________
Eliminative Materialism
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He asserted that our sense of self originated from the brain and its functions
Paul Churchland
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He stated that "Physical body is an important part of the self"
Maurice Jean Jacques Merleau Ponty
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__________ is a French phenomenological philosopher, famous for his works on ________ and _________
existentialism and phenomenology
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He does not believe in a dualistic view of the self rather the mind and body are connected.
Merleau Ponty
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________ calls the self an embodied subjectivity
Merleau Ponty
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An entity that possess conscious experiences like feelings, beliefs, and de
Embodied subjectivity
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________ - from the Greek words “Philos” meaning love and “Sophia” meaning wisdom. - study of getting knowledge
Philosophy
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– His philosophy underlies the value of the impression of oneself. - He believed men’s goal in life is to acquire happiness. - Argues to turn attention away from the body and toward the soul. - moral life is to be preferred to immoral one because it leads to a happier life.
Socrates
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– a saint and a doctor of a church. He is the precursor of Western theology before Aquinas. He is well known for his work, the “Confessions” - he teaches man “Communion with God” - author of several works “City of God” and “Of Christian Doctrine”.
St. Augustine