PHILOSOPHY Flashcards
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PHILOSOPHY
Etymology
Philo
Loving
Sophia
Knowledge, Wisdom
answering question regarding the name and existence of man and the world we live in
Philosophy
Who said human choice was motivated by the desire for HAPPINESS
SOCRATES
- Ultimate wisdom comes from knowing ONESELF
SOCRATES
A moral epistemological and injunction
KNOWTHYSELF
a Dualist, there is a both IMMATERIAL MIND (SOUL) and MATERIAL BODY
PLATO
The soul (mind) itself is divided into 3 parts
o REASON
o APPETITE
o WILL
He thinks that by turning inwards and upwards
ST. AGUSTINE
Inwards
acquiring knowledge from the environment
Upwards
knowledge you acquired you need to use that to become a better, you will transcend to heaven
He believe to divine trinity
ST. AGUSTINE
Depends on moral and intellectual perfection
Se cogitare
accounts for the unity of consciousness and identity of the self
Se nosse
He begins with an argument known commonly as the COGITO
RENE DESCARTES
AMCOGITO ERGO SUM
I think Therefore I AM
defined as something that is capable of existing independently of all things besides the sustaining power of body.
SUBSTANCE
is consider as a substance
MIND
an “EMPTY” mind
TABULA RASA
Propose TABULA RASA
JOHN LOCKE
PERSONAL IDENTITY is not the brain, but in
CONSCIOUSNESS
there is no mind or self.
DAVID HUME
The perception that one has are only active when one is
conscious