UTS Flashcards
Philosophy come from the Greek words?
“Philos” (love)
“Sophia” (wisdom)
In a broad sense, it is an activity people undertake when they seek to understand
fundamental truths about themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationships to
the world and to each other.
Philosophy
Way of thinking about everything around us; about the nature, the world, and the society
Philosophy
Seeking to know the truth
Philosophy
It is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge
Philosophy
11 PHILOSOPHERS
Socrates
Plato
St. Augustine of Hippo
Rene Descartes
John Locke
David Hume
Immanuel Kant
Sigmund Freud
Gilbert Ryle
Patricia and Paul Churchland
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
An ancient Greek, Philosopher, Scholar, Teacher
Socrates
One of the ‘big three’
Socrates
Considered to be the main source of Western Thought
Socrates
His works were only known throug Plato’s writing (The Dialogues).
Socrates
Stated the the “unexamined life is not worth living”
Socrates
Also called The Dialectic Method
The Socratic Method
What is plato’s real name?
Aristocles (428-348 BCE)
He established a school known as ‘The Academy‘
Plato
He wrote more than 20 Dialogues with Socrates as protagonist in most of them.
Plato
Plato’s metaphysics is known as ‘Theory of Forms’
Plato
The one who came up about ‘Allegory of the cave’
Plato
3 CHARACTERISTICS OF PLATO’S FORMS
- The Forms are ageless and therefore are eternal.
- The Forms are unchanging and therefore permanent.
3.The Forms are unmoving and indivisible.
2 PLATO’S DUALISM
- The Realm of the Shadows
- The Realm of Forms
composed of changing, sensible things which are
lesser entities and therefore imperfect and flawed
The Realm of the Shadows
3 COMPONENTS OF THE SOUL ACCORDING TO PLATO
- The reason
- The spirited
- The Appetites
rational and is the motivation for goodness and truth
The Reason
non-rational and is the will or the thrive toward action
The Spirited
irrational and lean towards the desire for pleasures of the body
The Appetites
A Christian Philosopher
St. Augustine of Hippo
Concerns mainly focuses with God and man’s relationship with God
St. Augustine of Hippo
believe that man is innately good and becomes evil through ignorance
of what is good.
Greek Philosophy
rely on God’s commands and His judgement determines what is
good and what is evil
Christian Philosophy
St. Augustine of Hippo focused on two realms:
- God as the source of all reality and truth
- The sinfulness of man
THE ROLE OF LOVE
- Love of physical objects - sin of greed
- Love for other people - sin of jealousy
- Love for the self - sin of pride
- Love for God - real happiness
THE ROLE OF LOVE
- Love of physical objects - sin of greed
- Love for other people - sin of jealousy
- Love for the self - sin of pride
- Love for God - real happiness
Known as the “Father of Modern Philosophy”
Rene Descartes
Introduced the Cartesian Method
Rene Descartes
CARTESIAN METHOD
- Intuition
- Deduction
the ability to apprehend direction of certain truths.
Intuition
the power to discover what is not know by progressing to an orderly way
from what is already known. Truth are arrived at using a step by step process.
Deduction
“I think, therefore I am”.
Rene Descartes
a substance that is separate from the body according to Rene Descartes
Soul/Mind (also the self)
The body according to him, is like a machine that is controlled by the will and aided by the
mind.
Rene Descartes
Born in Wrington, England
and Son of a Puritan Lawyer
John Locke
His interest is the acquisition of knowledge
John Locke
knowledge results from ideas produced by experiences
Posteriori
blank slate
‘tabula rasa’
THREE LAWS ACCORDING TO JOHN LOCKE
- Law of Opinion
- Civil Law
- Divine Law
where actions are praiseworthy are virtues and those that are not are
called vice.
Law of Opinion
where right actions are enforced by people in authority
Civil Law
set by God on the actions of man. This is deemed to be the true law for
human behavior
Divine Law
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland
At the time he was enrolled at the University of Edinburgh, he lost is faith
David Hume
TWO TYPES OF PERCEPTIONS
- Impressions
- Ideas
immediate sensations of external reality
Impressions
recollections of impressions
Ideas
These two together make up the content of the human mind
Impressions and Ideas
THREE PRINCIPLES ON HOW IDEAS RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER
- Principles of Resemblance
- Principles of Contiguity
- Principles of Cause and Effect
sensing the likeness of current experience to previous
experiences
The Principle of Resemblance
associating an event to another event
The Principle of Contiguity
principle that all events have sufficient causes. This
idea arises only when people experience certain relation between objects thus it cannot
be a basis for knowledge
The Principle of Cause and Effect
From Konisberg in East Prussia (presently Western Russia)
Immanuel Kant
The philosophy of David Hume awakened and motivated him to be the founder of German
Idealism
Immanuel Kant
argued that the mind actively participates in knowing the objects it experiences
Immanuel Kant
Stated that Instead of the mind conforming to the world, it is the external world that conforms to the mind
Immanuel Kant
An Austrian neurologist
Sigmund Freud
Considered to be one of the pioneering figures in the field of Psychology
Sigmund Freud
Focuses on the working of the unconscious mind (Psychoanalysis)
Sigmund Freud
STRUCTURES OF THE MIND
- Id
- Ego
- Superego
pleasure principle
Id
Reality Principle
Ego
Moral principle
Superego
Two kinds of instincts that drive individual behavior:
- Eros or life instinct
- Thanatos or death instinct
energy of eros is called
‘libido’
behavior towards destruction in a form of aggression and
violence
Thanatos or death instinct
An English Philosopher
and Contradicted the Cartesian Dualism
Gilbert Ryle
Man is endowed with freewill
He thought that freewill was invented to answer the question of whether an action deserves
praise or blame
Gilbert Ryle
TWO TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE
- Knowing-that
- Knowing-how
an “empty intellectualism” as it refers to only knowing facts
Knowing-that
using facts and perform it using skill or technical abilities
Knowing-how
involves an ability and not just intellect.
Knowing
A Canadian Philosopher
Patricia and Paul Churchland
Uses the application of neurology to problems such as the mind-body problem
Patricia and Paul Churchland
is responsible for the identity known as the ‘Self’
Man’s brain
Coined the term ‘Neurophilosophy’
Patricia and Paul Churchland
It is the study of the philosophy of the mind, the philosophy of science, neuroscience
and psychology
Neurophilosophy
Aims to explore the relevance of neuroscientific experiments/ studies to the
philosophy of the mind
Neurophilosophy
Brain-mind issue is the center of this study
Neurophilosophy
Claims that man’s brain is responsible for the identity known as the self
Patricia and Paul Churchland
A French Phenomenological Philosopher
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
He wrote books on perception, art and political thought. His philosophy emphasized the human body as the primary site of knowing the world
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
He has been known as a philosopher of the body
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
The focus is on the relationship between self-experience and the experience of other people. He developed the concept of body-subject and contended that perceptions occur existentially
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
The scientific study of human social relations or group life.
Sociology
Is a study of human interactions, the relationships that occur within the group and the results
of these interactions.
Sociology
Born February 1863 in Massachusetts, USA
Graduated and taught grade school in Oberlin College
George Herbert Mead
In 1887, he enrolled at Harvard University and his main interests were Philosophy and
Psychology
Died of heart failure in 1931
George Herbert Mead