Self in Philosophical Perspective

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Who said, “I think, therefore I am.”?

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Rene Descartes

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“The mind is an iceberg. It floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.”

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Sigmund Freud

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Who said “Know thyself.”?

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Socrates

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Everyone started as a blank state, and the content is provided by one’s experiences over time (tabula rasa).

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John Locke

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There is an inner self (One’s psychological state and intellect) and outer self (one’s senses and the physical world).

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Immanuel Kant

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A neuroscientist who states that it is the physical brain and not the imaginary mind comprises the self.

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Paul Churchland

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The more a person knows, the greater his or her ability to reason and make choices that will bring true happiness.

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Socrates

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Who advocates that the mind has 2 fundamental capacities: receptivity and spontaneity?

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Immanuel Kant

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Who distinguished the body into 2 types: subjective body and objective body?

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Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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Who considered self to be founded in consciousness or memory and not on substance of either soul and body?

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John Locke