Philosophical Perspective of the Self

Cards (26)

  • 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