Philosophy

Question 1

Philosophy comes from the greek word Philos means… and Sophia means…

Answer 1

Philos - Love
Sophia - Wisdom

Question 2

The study of the basic/fundamental principles of life, knowledge, reality, existence, morality, human nature, etc. through the use of logic and reason

Answer 2

Philosophy

Question 3

Objectives of Philosophy

Answer 3

It opens the mind of people
It does not provide ultimate answer
Encourage individuals to ask questions and to seek answer for themselves

Question 4

How to become a Philosopher

Answer 4

1st you need to wonder or ask questions
2nd you have to search or seek for the answer of your questions
3rd the moment you found answer to your questions, that is not yet the ultimate answer, from that answer, ask again another question

Question 5

There is a fundamental principle /thing that underlies everything else, including the human self

Answer 5

Cosmo-centric

Question 6

Theories of the Philosopher
1. Thales
2. Anaximander
3. Anaximenes
4. Democritus
5. Heraclitus
6. Anaxagoras
7. Pythagoras

Answer 6

1. Water
2. Apeiron- “Boundless Something”
3. Air
4. Atom
5. Fire
6. Mind
7. Numbers

Question 7

Who said the “Know thyself”
-the true task of Philosopher is to know oneself

Answer 7

Socrates

Question 8

He was the first Philosopher whoever engaged in a systematic questioning of the self

Answer 8

Socrates

Question 9

Who said that “An unexamined life is not worth living”

Answer 9

Socrates

Question 10

Each person has an immortal soul that surpasses the death of the body
Dualistic reality = body and soul by…

Answer 10

Socrates

Question 11

Student of Socrates

Answer 11

Plato

Question 12

3-part of soul/self (psyche) according to Plato

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Reason
Physical appetite
Spirit/Passion

Question 13

A component of soul that states that “the divine essence that let us think deeply (wisdom)”

Answer 13

Reason

Question 14

A component of soul for our basic biological needs

Answer 14

Physical Appetite

Question 15

A component of soul for our basic emotions

Answer 15

Spirit /Passion

Question 16

He said that the self strives to achieve union with god through faith and reason

Answer 16

St. Augustine

Question 17

He said that Self is a thinking thing, it can exist independently of the body but doesn’t deny the association of the body to the self

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Rene Descartes

Question 18

“Cogito Ergo Sum”

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I think, therfore, I am

Question 19

Dualism: Thinking (spiritual) self (Governed by the laws of reason and God’s will) vs. physical body (Governed by the laws of nature) by…

Answer 19

Rene Descartes

Question 20

TABULARASA (a blank Slate) by…

Answer 20

John Locke

Question 21

He said that “The conscious awareness and memory of previews experiences are the keys to understanding the self”

Answer 21

John Locke

Question 22

He believes that “There is no self but a bundle of impressions”

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David Hume

Question 23

According to David Hume, it is the product of direct experience in the world.

Answer 23

Impressions

Question 24

According to David Hume, it is a copies of our impressions

Answer 24

Ideas

Question 25

Who said “We Construct the Self!”

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Immanuel Kant

Question 26

He founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology

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Sigmund Freud

Question 27

Layer of the self according to Sigmund Freud

Answer 27

Conscious
Pre-conscious
Sub-conscious
Unconscious

Question 28

Regions of the mind according to Sigmund Freud

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Id
Edo
Superego

Question 29

He states that “The Mind/Self is the Brain!”

Answer 29

Paul Churchland

Question 30

He said that The mind and body are intertwined that they cannot be separated from one another

Answer 30

Maurice Marleau-Ponty

Question 31

For him, the living body, his thoughts, emotions, and experiences are all one

Answer 31

Maurice Marleau-Ponty