Philosophical Perspective of the Self

• According to him, "an unexamined life is not worth living."

  a ) Aristotle

  b ) St. Augustine

  c ) Socrates

  d ) Rene Descartes

  
  

  Answer: c
• This is the method of carefully examining one's thoughts and emotions to gain self-knowledge.

  a ) Nicomachean method

  b ) Experimental method

  c ) Analytic method

  d ) Socratic Method

  
  

  Answer: d
• He suggested that anything with life has a soul.

  a ) Aristotle

  b ) Socrates

  c ) Rene Descartes

  d ) St. Augustine

  
  

  Answer: a
• In the three kinds of soul introduced by Aristotle, this soul includes the physical body that can grow.

  a ) rational soul

  b ) vegetative soul

  c ) sentient soul

  d ) essence soul

  
  

  Answer: b
• In the three kinds of soul introduced by Aristotle, this soul includes sensual desires.

  a ) vegetative soul

  b ) rational soul

  c ) sentient soul

  d ) essence soul

  
  

  Answer: c
• In the three kinds of soul introduced by Aristotle, this soul includes the intellect that allows man to know and understand things.

  a ) vegetative soul

  b ) rational soul

  c ) sentient soul

  d ) essence soul

  
  

  Answer: b
• To lead a good, fulfilling, and flourishing life is

  a ) self-actualization

  b ) self-realization

  c ) self-identity

  d ) self-conscious

  
  

  Answer: a
• He believes that the soul is what governs and defines man.

  a ) Aristotle

  b ) Socrates

  c ) St. Augustine

  d ) John Locke

  
  

  Answer: c
• He provided the philosophical principle, "I am doubting, therefore I am."

  a ) John Locke

  b ) Rene Descartes

  c ) Immanuel Kant

  d ) St. Augustine

  
  

  Answer: d
• He is regarded as the Father of Modern Philosophy.

  a ) Immanuel Kant

  b ) David Hume

  c ) Rene Descartes

  d ) Socrates

  
  

  Answer: c
• His concept of the self is stated in the philosophical principle, "I think, therefore I am."

  a ) John Locke

  b ) St. Augustine

  c ) Immanuel Kant

  d ) Rene Descartes

  
  

  Answer: d
• He postulates that the human mind at birth is a blank slate (tabula rasa).

  a ) John Locke

  b ) St. Augustine

  c ) Immanuel Kant

  d ) Rene Descartes

  
  

  Answer: a
• John Locke believes that (_) accompanies thinking and makes possible the concept of self.

  a ) mind

  b ) consciousness

  c ) philosophy

  d ) knowledge

  
  

  Answer: b
• This philosopher believes that there is no self, but a collection of interconnected and continually changing perceptions.

  a ) Immanuel Kant

  b ) Aristotle

  c ) David Hume

  d ) John Locke

  
  

  Answer: c
• David Hume that there are only distinct entities in experience. What is the entity that shows the basic sensations of people's experience?

  a ) impressions

  b ) sentient

  c ) ideas

  d ) knowledge

  
  

  Answer: a
• David Hume that there are only distinct entities in experience. What is the entity that shows the thoughts and images from impressions that are less lively and vivid?

  a ) impressions

  b ) sentient

  c ) ideas

  d ) knowledge

  
  

  Answer: c
• He believes that the idea of personal identity is a result of imagination.

  a ) John Locke

  b ) Sigmund Freud

  c ) David Hume

  d ) Immanuel Kant

  
  

  Answer: c
• He believes that the self transcends experience because the mind can grasp aspects of reality that are not limited to the senses.

  a ) John Locke

  b ) Sigmund Freud

  c ) David Hume

  d ) Immanuel Kant

  
  

  Answer: d
• He believes that the self is multilayered and consists of three layers.

  a ) Sigmund Freud

  b ) Gilbert Ryle

  c ) Paul Churchland

  d ) Plato

  
  

  Answer: a
• In the three layers of self, (_) is organized, rational and practical. It considers realistic demands and consequences of various actions.

  a ) post-conscious self

  b ) conscious self

  c ) preconscious self

  d )unconscious self

  
  

  Answer: b
• This British Philosopher believes that the self is the way people behave, thus, the principle, "I act, therefore I am."

  a ) Sigmund Freud

  b ) Paul Churchland

  c ) Gilbert Ryle

  d ) Maurice Merleau-Ponty

  
  

  Answer: c
• This Canadian philosopher advocates that the self is inseparable from the brain and the physiology of the body.

  a ) Gilbert Ryle

  b ) Plato

  c ) Maurice Merleau-Ponty

  d ) Paul Churchland

  
  

  Answer: d
• This philosopher argued that all knowledge about the self is based on the phenomena of experience.

  a ) Gilbert Ryle

  b ) Socrates

  c ) Maurice Merleau-Ponty

  d ) Paul Churchland

  
  

  Answer: c
• He introduces the idea of eliminative materialism.

  a ) Immanuel Kant

  b ) Gilbert Ryle

  c ) Paul Churchland

  d ) Maurice Merleau-Ponty

  
  

  Answer: c
• He is the author of the book Phenomenology of Perception.

  a ) David Hume

  b ) Maurice Merleau-Ponty

  c ) Paul Churchland

  d ) Immanuel Kant

  
  

  Answer: b
• In his Theory of Forms, he introduces the concept of the two worlds: the world of forms (non-physical ideas) and the world of sense (reality).

  a ) Socrates

  b ) Aristotle

  c ) St. Augustine

  d ) Plato

  
  

  Answer: d