Lesson 1: Philosophical Perspectives of the Self

Question 1

greek word “philein” and “sophia” literally means

Answer 1

“love” and “wisdom”

Question 2

what is philosophy?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

what is socrates famous quote

Answer 3

“Know Thy Self”

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Socrates

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Socrates

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Socrates

Question 7

Age comes with more questions and answers. To answer unanswered questions, we continue to seek for answers.

Answer 7

Socrates

Question 8

What is the socratic method

Answer 8

How knowledge is brought (teaching by asking questions)

Question 9

What is socrates dualistic approach

Answer 9

body and soul

Question 10

What does Socrates mean about body in his dualistic approach

Answer 10

imperfect and impermanent

Question 11

What does Socrates mean about the soul in his dualistic approach

Answer 11

perfect and permanent

Question 12

What are the dichotomous realms

Answer 12

Physical realm and Ideal realm

Question 13

Physical realm

Answer 13

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

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Ideal realm

Question 15

What keep us from attaining wisdom?:

Answer 15

focuses on material possession

Question 16

Student of Socrates”

Answer 16

Plato

Question 17

Founded the Academy: considered as
prototype of today’s universities.

Answer 17

Plato

Question 18

Believe in the existence of the SOUL.

Answer 18

Plato

Question 19

According to Plato what is the most divine aspect of the self

Answer 19

Soul

Question 20

According to Plato what does divine mean

Answer 20

the soul is the most intellectual aspects of the person

Question 21

what are the 3 components of soul?

Answer 21

1. rational soul
2. spirited soul
3. appetitive soul

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Rational soul

Question 23

emotion and passion (what soul is this)

Answer 23

spirited soul

Question 24

what soul (basic needs)

Answer 24

appetitive soul

Question 25

“Cogito ergo sum”

Answer 25

I think, therefore I Am

Question 26

Who said this “Cogito ergo sum”

Answer 26

Rene Descartes

Question 27

Father of modern philosophy.

Answer 27

Rene Descartes

Question 28

what is the hyperbolican doubt

Answer 28

doubting the existence of his own physical body

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Rene descartes

Question 30

How can Descartes prove that I exist?

Answer 30

➢The mere fact that I can DOUBT is enough to prove that I can exist.
➢Your ability to question things is the proof that you can exist.

Question 31

“mind-body dualism”

Answer 31

Rene Descartes

Question 32

what does descartes believed that a man consists

Answer 32

Matter and mind

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Matter

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Mind

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Rene Descartes

Question 36

Who is known for Tabula Rasa

Answer 36

John Locke

Question 37

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.

Answer 37

John Locke

Question 38

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.

Answer 38

John Locke

Question 39

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

Answer 39

John Locke

Question 40

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

Answer 40

John Locke

Question 41

✓”All knowledge is derived from human senses. “

Answer 41

David Hume

Question 42

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

Answer 42

David Hume

Question 43

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

Answer 43

Bundle Theory

Question 44

vivid, products of direct experiences (perceptions of reality

Answer 44

impressions

Question 45

copies of impressions; imaginations

Answer 45

ideas

Question 46

There is no Self

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

Question 47

There is SELF. We construct self.

Answer 47

Immanuel Kant

Question 48

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

Answer 48

Immanuel Kant

Question 49

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

Answer 49

Immanuel Kant

Question 50

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

Answer 50

Immanuel Kant

Question 51

What is Philosophy of Self and why it is important?

Answer 51

✓A philosophy is the pinnacle of one’s life: Without philosophy we are subject to aimless bouts where life seems sometimes void and meaningless.
✓Philosophy adds structure and balance, to implement goals and reach one’s dreams: It is the roadmap to our actions and thoughts, the processing tool of reason.
✓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.