Lesson 1 - Philosophical Perspectives of the Self

Question 1

The love and pursuit of Wisdom

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Philosophy

Question 2

“love”

Answer 2

“Philein”

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“wisdom”

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“Sophia”

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IS “A WAY OF LOOKING AT
THE WORLD AND GIVING IT MEANING. IT
CAN PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY METHOD OF
EXAMINING OUR BELIEFS.”

Answer 4

PHILOSOPHY

Question 5

“Know Thy Self”

Answer 5

SOCRATES

Question 6

He agreed that self-knowledge is a prerequisite to a
happy and meaningful life.

Answer 6

SOCRATES

Question 7

“An unexamined life is not worth living”: meaning we
should learn to “reflect“

Answer 7

SOCRATES

Question 8

“One thing only I know, and that is I know
nothing.“: the more that we know, the more
questions we ask.

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SOCRATES

Question 9

Age comes with more questions and answers. To
answer unanswered questions, we continue to seek
for answers.
✓ concerned with the problem of the self
✓ concerned about the self and existence
✓ question about the meaning of the self

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SOCRATES

Question 10

How knowledge is brought
(teaching by asking questions)

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SOCRATIC METHOD

Question 11

Used in understanding the self: BODY and SOUL

Answer 11

Dualistic approach

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: imperfect and impermanent

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Body

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perfect and permanent

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Soul

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Physical realm and Ideal realm

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Dichotomous Realms

Question 15

changeable, transient and imperfect, the body
belongs to this realm

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Physical realm

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unchanging, eternal, and immortal; the soul belongs
to this realm

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Ideal realm

Question 17

There is a soul before the body: Once the soul comes into the
material world, he forget everything: By being born in this world
we disconnect from being wise as we were before from the realm
of ideas

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SOCRATES

Question 18

We focus on who we are, who we should be and
who will become

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Ideal Realm

Question 19

The soul strives for wisdom and perfection and reason is the
souls tool to achieved exalted/happy state of life

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SOCRATES

Question 20

What keep us from attaining wisdom?: focuses on material
possessions

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SOCRATES

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“Student of Socrates”

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PLATO

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Founded the Academy

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PLATO

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considered as
prototype of today’s universities

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Academy

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Dichotomy between ideal and material

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PLATO

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(world of forms/realm of ideas beyond our consciousness

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ideal

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(the world we exist right now is just a replica of the real world)

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material (world)

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Believe in the existence of the SOUL

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PLATO

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the most divine aspect of the self

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Soul

Question 29

means the soul is the most intellectual aspects of the person

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Divine

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✓3 components of SOUL

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➢Rational soul ➢Spirited soul ➢Appetitive soul

Question 31

reason, intellect, enables us to think deeply, make wise choices, thinking soul

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RATIONAL soul

Question 32

emotion and passion

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Spirited soul

Question 33

basic needs,

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Appetitive soul

Question 34

"Cogito ergo sum"

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RENE DESCARTES

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"I think, therefore I am.“

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RENE DESCARTES

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Father of modern philosophy.

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RENE DESCARTES

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" doubting the existence of his own physical body“

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HYPERBOLICAN DOUBT

Question 38

The existence of the body is NOT the proof that you exist

Answer 38

RENE DESCARTES

Question 39

The mere fact that I can DOUBT is enough to prove that I can exist

Answer 39

RENE DESCARTES

Question 40

Your ability to question things is the proof that you can exist.

Answer 40

RENE DESCARTES

Question 41

"mind-body dualism"

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RENE DESCARTES

Question 42

believed that a man consisted of matter and mind

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RENE DESCARTES

Question 43

The physical stuff that walks, talks, and plays the accordion.

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Matter

Question 44

The nonphysical substance (sometimes equated with the soul) that thinks, doubts, and remembers

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Mind

Question 45

he nature of the mind (that is, a thinking, non-extended thing) is completely different from that of the body (that is, an extended, non-thinking thing). Therefore, it is possible for one to exist without the other.

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RENE DESCARTES

Question 46

The mind is united with the body to form a human being.

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RENE DESCARTES

Question 47

“TABULA RASA”

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JOHN LOCKE

Question 48

The person is born like a blank slate. Clueless about the world. With experience we write in our blank slate/mind, and it got encoded.

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JOHN LOCKE

Question 49

MEMORY: Our identity is not locked in the mind, soul or body only. If we don’t have memory, we cannot have a CONTINOUS Identity.

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JOHN LOCKE

Question 50

Identity is explained in terms of psychological connection between life stages due to memory (we remember our experiences or what happened in the past).

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JOHN LOCKE

Question 51

We learn more because of experiences and our ability to remember these experiences allows us to remember who we are today.

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JOHN LOCKE

Question 52

Example : You are so hardworking, because when you were a child, you were rewarded for being hard working.

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JOHN LOCKE

Question 53

"All knowledge is derived from human senses. “

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DAVID HUME

Question 54

Influenced by empiricism (they don’t believe on what can’t be seen or observe. We make use of our senses.)

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DAVID HUME

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collection of impressions. The person is a collection of impressions.

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Bundle theory - David Hume

Question 56

vivid, products of direct experiences (perceptions of reality

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Impressions

Question 57

copies of impressions; imaginations

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Ideas

Question 58

What you feel when we talk to our boyfriend is happiness

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Example of impression

Question 59

Do you have an idea how does it feel to touch a hot water?

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Example of Idea

Question 60

"Personal identity is just a result of imagination”. The mind is simply a container for fleeting sensations.

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THERE IS NO SELF - David Hume

Question 61

There is SELF. We construct self.

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IMMANUEL KANT

Question 62

The self constructs its own reality, actively creating a world that is familiar, predictable, and most significantly, mine.

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IMMANUEL KANT

Question 63

The self is a product of reason. Through RATIONALITY, people can understand certain abstract ideas that have no corresponding physical object or sensory experience.

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IMMANUEL KANT

Question 64

Self is not just what gives one his personality but also the set of knowledge acquisition for all human persons.

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IMMANUEL KANT

Question 65

The self constructs its own reality creating a world that is familiar and predictable.

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IMMANUEL KANT

Question 66

What is Philosophy of Self and why it is important?

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- A philosophy is the pinnacle of one’s life - Philosophy adds structure and balance, to implement goals and reach one’s dreams - Improve critical thinking, argument skills, analysis skills, problem solving skills, and communications. - Allows you to: justify your opinions , spot a bad argument, explain to people and why they are wrong, and you are right, philosophy teaches us to think, and it Answers our WHY.