philosophers

• Socrates was a philosopher who is known for his Socratic method of questioning and his emphasis on self-examination and critical thinking.
• The course deals with the nature of identity, as well as the factors and forces that affect the development and maintenance of personality identity.
• The directive to Know Oneself has inspired countless and varied ways to comply.
• Merleau-Ponty coined the term "phenomenology of perception", which is divided into three divisions: the body, the other, and the world.
• Merleau-Ponty believed that the body and mind are not separate entities but rather two components of a single entity.
• Among the questions that everyone has had to grapple with at one time or other is "Who am I?"
• At no other period is this question asked more urgently than in adolescence - traditionally believed to be a time of vulnerability and great possibilities.
• Issues of self and identity are among the most critical for the young.
• The course is intended to facilitate the exploration of the issues and concerns regarding self and identity to arrive at a better understanding of one's self.
• The course strives to meet this goal by stressing the integration of the personal with the academic- contextualizing matters discussed in the classroom and in the everyday experience of students - making for better learning.
• The course aims to generate a new appreciation for the learning process, and develop a more critical and reflective attitude while enabling students to manage and improve their selves to attain a better quality of life.
• The course is divided into three major parts: The first part seeks to understand the construct of the self from various disciplinary perspectives: philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and psychology - as well as the more traditional division between the East and West.
• The second part explores some of the various aspects that make up the self, such as the biological, material and the more recent Digital Self.
• The third and the final part identifies three areas of concern for young students: learning, goal setting, and managing stress.
• The course also provides for the more practical application of the concepts discussed in this course and enables students the hands-on experience of developing self-help plans for self-regulated learning, goal setting, and self-care.
• The course includes the mandatory topics on Family Planning and Population Education.
• Descartes is known for the statement "cogito ergo sum" ( I think therefore I am) and according to him, a person is comprised of mind (thinks and questions what the body has experienced) and body (perceives from the different senses ).
• Hume explained that the Self is the accumulation of different impressions and does not exceed the physical realm.
• St. Augustine rejected the doubtfulness of the academy in which one cannot or should not accept ideas from others.
• St. Augustine relates our existence to God being modelled in his likeness, though being alive means that we are still far from God and have yet to be truly with him.
• Issues of self and identity are among the most critical for the young.
• Descartes emphasizes that being in constant doubt regarding one's existence is proof that a person exists.
• Locke's concept "tabula rasa" (blank slate) is represented in his works, stating that the experiences and perceptions of a person is important in the establishment of who that person can become.
• St. Augustine's idea of a man and understanding of who we are as a person is related to our understanding of who we are and how we question ourselves.
• St. Augustine emphasizes that we may not be able to agree to everything other people tell us, but we can still agree to those who we are from our own perception.
• Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher, established that the collection of impressions and different contents is what it only takes to define a person.
• David Hume, a Scottish philosopher, focused his work in the field of empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism.
• Descartes believed that we should focus on the mind in order to perceive as who we are or the essence of our existence because we cannot always trust our senses.
• Descartes, the father of modern philosophy, believed in modern dualism and the existence of body and mind and its importance to one's existence.
• John Locke, the Father of Classical Liberation, is known for his works that paved the way to several revolutions to fight the absolute powers of monarchs and rulers of his time.
• Conscious is where minority of our memories are being stored and the memories that are in the conscious is easier to be tapped or accessed.
• Ego is the police or the mediator between id and super ego, operates within the boundaries of reality, primary function is to maintain the impulses of the id to an acceptable degree.
• Unconscious is this area is where majority of our memories since childhood are deeply stored, it is very difficult to tap the memories, it would need a trained professional and several special techniques in order to make some memories resurface.
• Pre-conscious is the middle part of the entirety of our consciousness; the memories stored in this area can still be accessed but with a little difficulty.
• Maurice Jean Jacques Merleau-Ponty is a French philosopher known for his works on existentialism and phenomenology.
• Super ego is the conscience of one's personality, has the inclination to uphold justice and do what is morally right and socially acceptable actions, involved in the notion of right or wrong that is imparted to us by our parents or people that took care for us during childhood.
• Id is the child aspect of a person; attention is on satisfaction of one's needs and self-gratification, driven by pleasure principle.
• Freud conceptualized about the different levels of consciousness that provides an idea how a person develops a sense of self:Man has 3 aspects of personality Id, Super ego, and Ego.
• Gilbert Ryle used behavioristic approach to self, according to him, self is the behavior presented by the person, the behavior that we show, emotions, and actions are the reflection of our mind and as such is the manifestation of who we are.
• Freud introduced the Levels of Consciousness: Conscious, Pre-conscious, and Unconscious.