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unit 1 philo Flashcards

1
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it is the awareness of and ability to understand one’s own actions

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self-understanding

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2
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study of acquiring knowledge through rational thinking and inquiries

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philosophy

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3
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inquiry into the fundamental nature of the self

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philosophical perspective

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earliest thinkers

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greek

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socrates’ philosophical view about the self

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  • human choice was motivated by the desire for happiness
  • know thyself
  • to understand the world around us, we must first understand ourselves
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Philosophy peeps

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Socrates, Plato, St. Augustine, Rene Descartes, John Locke, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Sigmund Freud, Gilbert Ryle, Paul Churchland, Maurice Merleu-Ponty

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Sociology peeps

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George Herbert Mead

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Anthropology peeps

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Karl Marx, Claude Levi-Strauss, Joseph Campbell, Dorrine Kondo, Thomas Csordas

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Psych peeps

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William James

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plato’s philo view about the self

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  • the soul is immortal
  • the soul exist before birth and after death
  • immaterial and material body (dualist idea)
  • tripartite structure of the soul (rational, spiritual, appetitive)
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st. augustine philo view about the self

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  • more on biblical and religious
  • knowledge of our true self entails knowledge of our divine origin
  • to transcend to heaven
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rene descartes’ philo view about the self

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  • if he is capable of doubting then he must exist.
  • i think therefore i am (cogito ergo sum)
  • substance (something that is capable of existing independently of all things
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john locke philo view abt the self

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  • empty mind or tabula rasa
  • personal identity is not in the brain but in consciousness
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14
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david hume’s philo view abt the self

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one are only active when one is conscious
- personality is a machine that may be turned on and off.

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immanuel kant’s philo view about the self

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  • physics as a body of universal truth
  • used inner sense to defend the heterogeneity of body and soul
  • bodies are objects of outer sense; souls are objects of inner sense
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sigmund freud’s philo view about the self

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human pscyhe (personality) has more than one aspect. it is structured into three parts: id, ego, and superego. these are systems not parts of the brain.

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id (pleasure principle)

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primitive and instinctual part of the mind that contains sexual and aggressive drives and hidden memories

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superego (moral principle)

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operates as moral conscience

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ego (reality principle)

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  • realistic part that mediates between the desires of the id and the superego.
  • decision making component of personality.
20
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two systems of superego

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conscience and ideal self

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gilbert ryle’s philo view about the self

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  • after the death of the body, our minds may continue to exist and function.
  • minds are not in space and its career is private and not accessible to other people.
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paul churchland’s philo view abt the self

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mental states = brain states is a flawed way in which to conceptualize the relationship between the mind and brain.

we need to develop a new neuroscience-based vocabulary that talks about the mind, consciousness, and human experience. and it is called ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM

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maurice merleu-ponty’s philo view abt the self

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  • i live in my body
  • an entity can never be objectified or known in a completely objective sort of way.
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rational soul

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located in the head and enables the human person to think, reflect, analyze, and do other cognitive functions.

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spiritual soul

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located in the chest and enables the person to experience happiness, joy, sadness, abomination, and anger

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appetitive soul

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located in the abdomen and part of the soul that drives the human person to experience physical pain, hunger, thirst, and other physical wants.

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3 parts of the soul

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reason, appetite, and will

28
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se cogitare

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discursive thinking

29
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se nosse

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plane of intuitive self-awareness

30
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i think therefore i am

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cogito ergo sum

31
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is something that is capable of existing independently

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substance

32
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two dimension of the self for descartes

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self as the thinking entity
self as physical body

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