Philosophical Self

Who was accused of disrespecting the city of the gods and corrupting the youth of Athens?

• St. Augustine

• Plato

• Socrates

• Descartes

What was one of the accusations made against Socrates in Athens?

• Financial misconduct

• Involvement in political conspiracies

• Disrespect for the city of gods

• Ignoring religious practices

He was a controversial figure in Athens because of his argumentative skill.

• Socrates

• Plato

• Descartes

• John Locke

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

• Gilbert Ryle

• Socrates

• David Hume

• John Locke

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

• Paul Churchland

• Maurice Merleau-Ponty

• Edmund Husserl

• Immanuel Kant

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

• Paul Churchland

• Immanuel Kant

• John Locke

• David Humes

“ I think, therefore I am.”

• Socrates

• David Hume

• Rene Descartes

• Gilbert Ryle

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

• Aristotle

• Immanuel Kant

• Sigmund Freud

• John Locke

“Know thyself.”

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Rene Descartes

He distinguished the body into 2 types: subjective body and objective body.

• Socrates

• Gilbert Ryle

• Plato

• Maurice Merleau-Ponty