Quiz on The Evolution of Self: Philosophical Perspectives

What did Socrates emphasize as central to his philosophy?

• Mind-body dualism

• Self-knowledge

• Bundle theory of self

• Inner self-reflection

What is Plato's tripartite theory of the soul composed of?

• Rational, Spirited, Appetitive

• Inner and outer self

• Id, Ego, Superego

• Phenomenal and noumenal

What concept did Augustine introduce regarding self-understanding?

• Cogito ergo sum

• Tabula rasa

• Bundle theory

• Inner self-reflection

What is Descartes famous for stating?

• Self as a collection of perceptions

• Self is shaped by experiences

• I think, therefore I am

• Know thyself

According to John Locke, what does the mind start as?

• A rational part

• A collection of perceptions

• A blank slate

• An embodied self

What does David Hume's bundle theory suggest?

• Self is a thinking substance

• Self is a collection of perceptions

• There is a permanent self

• Self is shaped by divine grace

What model did Sigmund Freud propose?

• Id, Ego, and Superego

• Tripartite theory

• Transcendental self

• Embodied self

What did Gilbert Ryle challenge?

• The role of divine grace

• The bundle theory of self

• Cartesian dualism

• The concept of inner self-reflection

What is Immanuel Kant's view on the self?

• Self as a collection of perceptions

• Self as a blank slate

• Self as the condition for experience

• Self as emergent from brain processes

What does Patricia Churchland's neurophilosophy suggest?

• Self is a thinking substance

• Self is shaped by experiences

• Self is fundamentally connected to others

• Self is emergent from brain processes