The document summarizes several philosophers' views on the self:
- Rene Descartes viewed the self as the mind, separate from the body (dualism)
- John Locke saw personal identity as dependent on consciousness rather than substance or soul
- David Hume considered the self as a bundle of experiences linked by causation and resemblance
- Immanuel Kant believed human experience is shaped by perception rather than reflecting objective reality
- Gilbert Ryle defined the self as how one behaves
- Patricia Churchland identified the self with the brain's representational capacities
- Maurice Merleau Ponty saw the self as embodied through physical subjectivity
The document summarizes several philosophers' views on the self:
- Rene Descartes viewed the self as the mind, separate from the body (dualism)
- John Locke saw personal identity as dependent on consciousness rather than substance or soul
- David Hume considered the self as a bundle of experiences linked by causation and resemblance
- Immanuel Kant believed human experience is shaped by perception rather than reflecting objective reality
- Gilbert Ryle defined the self as how one behaves
- Patricia Churchland identified the self with the brain's representational capacities
- Maurice Merleau Ponty saw the self as embodied through physical subjectivity
The document summarizes several philosophers' views on the self:
- Rene Descartes viewed the self as the mind, separate from the body (dualism)
- John Locke saw personal identity as dependent on consciousness rather than substance or soul
- David Hume considered the self as a bundle of experiences linked by causation and resemblance
- Immanuel Kant believed human experience is shaped by perception rather than reflecting objective reality
- Gilbert Ryle defined the self as how one behaves
- Patricia Churchland identified the self with the brain's representational capacities
- Maurice Merleau Ponty saw the self as embodied through physical subjectivity
The document summarizes several philosophers' views on the self:
- Rene Descartes viewed the self as the mind, separate from the body (dualism)
- John Locke saw personal identity as dependent on consciousness rather than substance or soul
- David Hume considered the self as a bundle of experiences linked by causation and resemblance
- Immanuel Kant believed human experience is shaped by perception rather than reflecting objective reality
- Gilbert Ryle defined the self as how one behaves
- Patricia Churchland identified the self with the brain's representational capacities
- Maurice Merleau Ponty saw the self as embodied through physical subjectivity
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BAHANDE, TRISHA MAE G.
Understanding the Self 9:30-10:30 MWF
LONGNO, JENZEL JOHN M. February 1, 2019 BS-ACCOUNTANCY 1
PHILOSOPHER ORIENTATION VIEW OF THE SELF/DESCRIPTION
AND PHILOSOPHY Rene Descartes Rationalist (dualism) the mind was completely separate from the body
John Locke Empiricist personal identity (the self)
"depends on consciousness, not on substance" nor on the soul
David Hume Empiricist, Skepticist Bundle theory of personal identity
and Naturalist The self is nothing but a bundle of experiences linked by the relations of causation and resemblance
Immanuel Kant Transcendental Kant's doctrine maintains that
Idealist human experience of things is similar to the way they appear to us It is most commonly presented as the idea that time and space are just human perceptions; they are not necessarily real
Gilbert Ryle Behaviouralism:
“The self is how you It is focused on creating behave” conceptual clarity, not on developing techniques to condition and manipulate human behaviour.
Patricia Churchland “Our self is our The self turns out to be identifiable brain” not with a nonphysical soul, but rather with a set of representational capacities of the physical brain.
Maurice Merleau Ponty Embodied The physical body is an important
Subjectivity part of what makes up the subjective self. The self and perception are encompassed in a physical body. Sources:
Durant, Will; Durant, Ariel (1967). The Story of Civilization: Rousseau and Revolution. MJF Books. pp. 571, 574. ISBN 978-1-56731-021-4.
Nigel Warburton (2011). "Chapter 19: Rose-tinted reality: Immanuel Kant". A little history of philosophy. Yale University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-300-15208-1.
