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it is the study of many conditions to identify and make one subject of experience distinct from other experiences

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The Philosophy of the self

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it is a unified being essentially connected with consciousness, awareness, and agency

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Self

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it is an academic discipline concerned with investigating the significance of ordinary and scientific beliefs.

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Philosophy

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it investigates the legitimacy of concepts by rational arguments.

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Philosophy

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Who was the one who questioned the myths and abandoned learning about them?

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The Greeks

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What is arche?

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it the origin or source, primal matter.

It explains the multiplicity of the things in the world

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What is arche according to Socrates?

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The soul’s movement is the ultimate arche or origin of all other movements. The arche has no origin outside itself

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Who were the Philosophers during the Pre-Socratic Era?

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Thales, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Heraclitus, Empedocles

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Who were the Philosophers during the Socratic era?

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Socrates, Plato, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas

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Who were the Philosophers during the Modern Philosophy Era?

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Rene Descartes, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Gilbert Ryle, Merleau Ponty

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concerned with the “problem of the self”

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Socrates

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The true task of a philosopher is to know oneself

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Socrates

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An unexamined life is not worth living for

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Socrates

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The worst thing that can happen to anyone is to live but die inside

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Socrates

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The soul is immortal

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Socrates

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Success makes people think about “who they are.”

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Socrates

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Who underwent trial?

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Socrates

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Why did Socrates undergo trial?

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He corrupted the mind of the youth

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Why did Socrates die?

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he drank “Hemlock” a poison

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Every person is dualistic

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Socrates

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Who is the teacher of Plato?

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Socrates

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What is the theory of Socrates made by Plato?

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Socratic Dialogue

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He is a student of Socrates.

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Plato

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He stated that if the human being do not live in accordance to their nature or function, then the result will be injustice

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Plato

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What is the theory of Plato?
Theory of Forms
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He also believed that the soul is immortal
Plato
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He proposed the 3 components of the soul
Plato
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What are the 3 components of the soul?
Rational Soul, Spirited Soul, Appetitive Soul
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What is a Rational Soul?
is the individual's ability to rationale; has the reason and intellect to govern or conduct affairs
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What is a Spirited Soul?
keeping emotions at bay; our ability to feel things; emotions
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What is an Appetitive Soul?
base desires of human being
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Spirited of the Man in the medieval philosophy
St. Augustine
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He follows the view of Plato about the theory of form but adds Christianity
St. Augustine
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He stated that a man is bifurcated or divided into 2 branches of nature
St. Augustine
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He stated that part of the man dwell or lives in the world (imperfect) but yearns to be with the divine
St. Augustine
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He stated that other parts of the body is capable of reaching immortality
St. Augustine
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Physical realm (Socrates)
Body
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Ideal Realm (Socrates)
Soul
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Body ____ on earth and Soul _____ eternally in the spiritual bliss with ____-
dies; lives; God
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He stated that "The soul is what makes us humans."
St. Thoman Aquinas
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What is the other term for Matter?
Hyle
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What is the other term for Form?
Morphe
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What is Matter?
are the common stuff that makes up everything in the universe
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What is Form?
is the essence of the substance of something (what makes it, what is)
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The body of humans is similar to animals/objects but what makes us unique is ______
the essence of our soul, stated by St. Thiman Aquinas
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Man = ____ + _____ according to St. Thomas Aquinas
matter + form
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Who is the Father of Modern Philosphy?
Rene Descartes
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He stated that "There are so much that we should doubt."
Rene Descartes
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He said that, if something is so clear and lucid as not to be doubted, then that's the only time we should believe.
Rene Descartes
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He stated that "the only thing that no one can doubt is the existence of the self."
Rene Descartes
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Cogito ergo sum
I think, therefore I am
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Who stated Cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore I am)?
Rene Descartes
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He said that the body if the machine attached to the mind
Rene Descartes
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The mind is what makes us human
Rene Descartes
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What is Rene Descartes theory called?
Methodological Skepticism
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Who stated, "I am a thinking thing. A thing that doubts, understands, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, imagine, and perceives
Rene Descartes
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Human person = _____ + _______, stated by Rene Descartes
body + mind
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Who is the Philosopher who disagrees with the 4 Pre-Socratic Philosophers and Rene Descartes?
David Hume
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He believed that one can only know what comes from the senses and experiences
David Hume
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He believed that the self is not an entity beyond the physical body
David Hume
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He stated that "You know that other people are human not because you have seen their soul but because you see them, hear them, and feel them."
David Hume
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He believed that "The self is nothing but a bundle of impression and ideas."
David Hume
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What is Impression stated by David Hume?
Impressions are the objects that can either experience or sensation; it form the core of one's thoughts
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What is an Idea stated by David Hume?
Ideas are copies of Impression; it is not as real as impression
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The self is in a_________ (David Hume)
Perpetual Flux
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The self is a collection of _______ (David Hume)
different perception
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Who was the Philospher that agreed to David Hume that everything starts with the perception/sensation of impressions?
Immanuel Kant
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What is the Theory of David Hume?
Bundle Theory
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He believed that "Time, space, etc are some ideas that one cannot find in the world, but is build in the mind."
Immanuel Kant
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He stated that "Apparatus of the mind."
Immanuel Kant
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"There is a mind that regulates these impressions."
Immanuel Kant
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He stated that "We need ACTIVE INTELLIGENCE to be able to synthesize all knowledge and experience
Immanuel Kant
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He stated that "The self is not only a personality but also a seat of knowledge."
Immanuel Kant
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"The self organizes different impressions that one gets in relation to his own existence."
Immanuel Kant
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Who stated, "I act, therefore I am."
Gilbert Ryle
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He denies the internal, not the physical self
Gilbert Ryle
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He believed that the self is not an entity one can locate or analyze but it is simply the convenient name that we use to refer to the behaviors that we make
Gilbert Ryle
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What is the theory of Gilbert Ryle?
Concept of Minds
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Merleau is a _______-
Phenomenologist
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He disagrees with St. Augustine
Merleau Ponty
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He believed that the mind-body bifurcation is an invalid problem
Merleau Ponty
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He stated that "One's body is his opening towards his existence to the world."
Merleau Ponty
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He stated that "The living body, his thoughts, emotions, and experiences are all one."
Merleau Ponty
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He coined the phrase "Ghost in the machine."
Merleau Ponty

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