WorksheetsPRELIM EXAMINANTION (Understanding the Self)
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 21mins
The Self is constantly evolving due to the complexities of cultures and societies.
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Human beings lack a sense of self that is why they are not able to look back on themselves as both subjects and objects in the universe.
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The self is a complex and core subject in many spiritualties because religion views the nature of the self very widely.
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According to Krishnanda, the self cannot rise above all conditioning as man is incapable of knowing himself.
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The self is a narrative center of gravity, not physically detestable but a kind of convenient fiction that does not correspond to anything tangible.
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The self is dependent on the senses and what these senses can perceive.
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According to Thorin Klosowski, by knowing the self, we are able to develop self awareness and introspection which are the starting point to every improvement.
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Self is the person regarded as an individual identical to all others.
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Understanding the self is a very important basis of quantified self-movement which means that if a person collects data about himself, he can make improvements based on that data.
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According to Kant, by knowing ourselves, we will come to realize that we are not free and, therefore incapable of being responsible for ourselves.
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This is the manner in which a person gathers information about himself through the use of mental functions and emotions.
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Sometimes referred to as self-concept, this allows people to gather information and beliefs about themselves.
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This is the manner by which people compare themselves with others, either positively or negatively.
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This examines how a person evaluates himself positively, or negatively.
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These are mental tricks of a person's mind that hide the truth and constitute false beliefs.
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Who is this philosopher that believes the self is the brain?
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Name this philosopher who believes the self is the way people behave.
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He believes that the self is multi-layered.
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This philosopher believes that we construct the self.
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This philosopher thinks that there is no self and the idea of personal identity is the result of imagination.
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He posits the tabula rasa - or that, upon birth, men are a blank slate, only to form a personality or sense of self through experience.
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For him, the essence of the human self is the capacity of the entity to doubt, understand, analyze, question and reason.
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He believes that the self has an immortal soul.
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His philosophical view states that the soul is the essence of the self.
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He is an ancient Greek philosopher who believes that the self is an immortal soul.
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He is a French philosopher who argued that the understanding of the nature of the self is based on the phenomena of experience.
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