Understanding the Self

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially in an academic discipline.

• Theology

• Philosophy

• Psychology

• Scientology

Which is NOT a Socratic philosophy of "the self"?

• Know thy self.

• The unexamined life is not worth living.

• Every person is dualistic.

• The soul is composed of three parts, our desires, the conscious awareness of reason and the spirited part which gets angry at injustice.

Who is the philosopher who believes in this-" the body – dies on earth; soul lives eternally in spiritual bliss with God”?

• Rene Descartes

• David Hume

• St. Augustine

• John Locke

Complete this statement- "I think, .....

(Rene Descartes)

Which is St. Thomas Aquinas' concept of self?

• The soul is what makes us humans.

• I am a thinking thing.

• The self is a collection of different perceptions which rapidly succeed each other.

• One’s body is his opening toward his existence to the world.

Work on the self is most represented by the concept of tabula rasa (blank slate).

• David Hume

• John Locke

• Immanuel Kant

• Sigmund Freud

Known for his work on human nature and the unconscious; consciousness has different levels; man has 3 aspects of personality. Who is this philosopher?

Which is NOT an aspect of personality according to Freud?

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

• Alter ego

The behavior that we show, emotions and actions are the reflection of our mind and as such is the manifestation of who we are. This is according to..

• Gilbert Ryle

• Paul Churchland

• Maurice Ponty

• Immanuel Kant

Which is TRUE about Paul Churchland?

• a Canadian Philosopher

• The self is defined by the movement of our brain

• His work revolves around Common Sense Psychology

• Constant movement of the brain can be the basis of who the person is.