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• Rene Descartes has been heralded as the first modern philosopher.
• Rene Descartes is a French philosopher known to be the father of modern philosophy.
• Rene Descartes invented analytic geometry.
• Rene Descartes is known for the statement “Cogito ergo sum” ( I think therefore I am)
• Rene Descartes was concerned of the thinking process we use to answer questions.
• Rene Descartes wanted to penetrate the nature of our reasoning process and understand its relation to the human self.
• The self, being self-conscious / aware of itself, is proof of its existence.
• Descartes believed that we could use the power of reason to achieve absolutely certain knowledge of the world, and then use this rationally based knowledge to understand our world of experience.
• 2 dimensions of the Self (Dualistic view of reality): Thinking Self and Physical Self
• Thinking self is a non-material, immortal, conscious being and independent of the physical laws of universe.
• Physical self is a material, mortal, non-thinking entity and fully governed by the physical laws of nature.
• Difference of the 2 dimensions of the Self:

  the body from its nature is always divisible and the mind is entirely indivisible.
• According to Rene Descartes, self as a thinking being, the mind dictates the body what to do and the body dictates the mind what to think
• John Locke is an English philosopher, political theorist and physician
• John Locke is considered the father of classical liberation
• JONH LOCKE

  The experiences and perceptions of a person is important in the establishment of who that person can become.
• JOHN LOCKE

  Work on the self is most represented by the concept “tabula rasa” (blank slate)
• We are born a blank slate (“tabula rasa”)

  The self develops throughout a person’s lifetime using reason and knowledge.
• The self is consciousness: The self exists in our direct sense experience
• Conscious awareness and memory or previous experiences are the keys to understanding the self.
• Self- consciousness – necessary to have a coherent personal (self) identity or knowledge of the self as a person.
• Consciousness- awareness of your own body, appearance, actions and behaviors.
• A person is a thinking, intelligent being who has the abilities to reason and to reflect.
• A person is also someone who considers itself to be the same thing in different times and different places.
•  Consciousness — being aware that we are thinking — always accompanies thinking and is an essential part of the thinking process.
• Your self is not tied to any particular body or substance, and it only exists in other times and places because of our memory of those experiences
• Person’s mind is tabula rasa (clean slate/blank sheet) at birth
• Blank slate can be filled by experiences
• Self is consciousness is the key to find out what it means to be a person.
• Self is consciousness is necessary to have a clear personal identity or knowledge of the self as a person.
• David Hume is a Scottish Philosopher and empiricist
• David Hume is focused his work on the field of empiricism, skepticism and naturalism
• There is no permanent self because impressions of things are based from our experiences where we can create our ideas and knowledge, thus it may improved or totally replaced.
• According to David Hume, the self does not exist.
• Self - A “bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement.”
• 2 Distinct entities of experience: Impressions and Ideas
• Impressions— are the basic sensations of our experience
• Ideas — are copies of impressions, and as a result they are less “lively” and “vivid.”
• The mind is simply a container for fleeting sensations and disconnected ideas.
• Self: combination of experiences of a person ― Impressions and Ideas.