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• philos and sophia - love for wisdom
• philosophy - study of acquiring knowledge through rational thinking
• socrates - first martryr of education, knowledge, and philosophy
• socrates - men's goal in life is to obtain happiness and acceptance
• socrates - acceptance of ignorance is the beginning of acquisition of knowledge
• socratic method - continuously asking ourselves to understand our strength and weaknesses
• plato - a person who is a follower of truth and wisdom will never be tempted by vices and will always be just.
• plato - body and soul makes a person whole
• 3 parts of the soul - appetitive, spirited and rational soul
• appetitive - desire and need to satisfy oneself
• spirited soul - one who wants to do right or observe wrong doings.
• rational soul - driver of our lives. thinks and plan about the future.
• st. augustine - everything is better if we devote ourselves in mending our relationship with God.
• st. augustine - the more one doubts and question his life, means that person is actually living.
• rene descartes - father of modern philosophy
• Rene Descartes - "I think therefore i am" (cogito ergo sum)
• Rene Descartes - mind-body dualism
• rene descartes - proponent of methodical doubt
• john locke - father of classical liberalism
• john locke - Tabula rasa (clean slate)
• john locke - life evolves over the course of an individual's life and experiences.
• David Hume - scottish philosopher. emperalism, skepticism, and naturalism are the core of his works,
• david hume - there is no permanent self
• Immanuel Kant - german philosopher. Emperalism and rationalism are the core of his works
• sigmund freud - austrian psychologist and physician father of psychoanalysis.
• sigmund freud - there are levels of consciousness that helps a person to develop oneself
• aspects of mind - id, ego, superego
• ID - driven by pleasure principle
• SUPEREGO - what is right and what is wrong
• EGO - maintaining balance between ID and SUPEREGO
• Provinces of the mind - Id (Das es), ego (das ich), superego (das uber ich)
• gilbert ryle - ghost machine
• gilbert ryle - emotions, actions, and reflections of our minds are the components of dualism for him
• gilbert ryle - behavioristic approach to know oneself
• gilbert ryle - to understand what someone is thinking, we should observe what they are trying to do, rather than trying to figure their thoughts and emotions directly.
• Paul and Patricia churchland - canadian philosopher.
• paul and patricia churchland - self is defined by the movements of the brain
• paul and patricia churchland - the brain as the self
• eliminative materialism - mental states such as thoughts, and feelings, can be understood and seen through neuroscience.
• eliminative materialism - desire and beliefs may not actually exist