Arlene Capati - UTS BSTOUR101 Activity #1 In your own words,state what "self" is for each of the following philosophers. After doing so,Explain how your concept of self is compatible with how they conceived of the "self". 1. Socrates - Famously maintained that our true self is our soul. Not to be identified with what we own, with our social status, our reputation, or even with our body. my own words: How we regulate our mind, heart, and body, or how we truly understand ourselves, is referred to as self. What are our options for complying with our mind control system. 2. Plato - True self of the human person is the rational soul. my own words: Self awareness is how we come to terms with our genuine feelings. How we communicate is founded on our understanding of ourselves and how we relate to others. 3. Augustine - Sense of self is his reflection to God. He believe one could not achieve inner peace without finding God's love. my own words: Accept God with all of your being: heart, mind, body, and soul. That way, you'll be able to recognize your own self and comprehend how your mind communicates with others. 4. Aquinas - we don't encounter ourselves as isolated minds or selves, but rather always as agents interacting with our environment. Our awareness of ourselves is triggered and shaped by our experiences of objects in our environment. my own words: Self means being young and bold in the presence of others, with the exception of specific people. as they aid in your self-awareness. 5. Descartes- Revolves around the idea of mind-body dualism. For Descartes, a human person is composed of two parts, namely, a material body and a non-material mind. ... In other words, for Descartes, it is the mind that makes us humans. Thus, for Descartes, the “mind” is the “real self”. my own words: "Mind" is the real self, according to Descartes, which means that if you don't control your mind, you don't think properly. You still don't know yourself, you still don't know what self means and if you don't think precisely. 6. Hume - A non-Christian, gave us the method of Skepticism. my own words: We can only be certain of our sensory perceptions, according to Hume, but these are weak and insignificant in comparison to the vast, endless Cosmos. In reality, he contended, the human mind is too weak to ever know the Truth. As a result, we have every right to be skeptical of any claims to truth. For Hume, Reason is only a "slave of the passions," like a mapmaker directing the Passions to the most satisfying and safe route. Even the Self was a simple "bundle of feelings" for which we seek any pattern and label it "Self," according to Hume. 7. Kant - For him, we all have an inner and an outer self which together form our consciousness. my own words: We, like Hume, have an inner and outer, with the inner representing our thoughts and the outer representing the physical world. By regulating our minds through our behaviors, we can influence how we interact with others. 8. Ryle - Believed that self comes from behavior. my own words: He thought that our true selves are revealed by the way we act, think, and conduct. 9. Merleau-Ponty - believed the physical body to be an important part of what makes up the subjective self. This concept stands in contradiction to rationalism and empiricism. Rationalism asserts that reason and mental perception, rather than physical senses and experience, are the basis of knowledge and self.” my own words: I believe myself to be a person who is growing in body, mind, and spirit. By comparing what I believe to what I can learn, I'm thinking about modifying my opinion from "I don't know" to "I think," with the proviso "and still don't know." I know the sun will not rise tomorrow, for example, because the earth's movement on its axis hides the sun every evening. In terms of self-respect, I have no regard for subjectivity. I'm simply interested in rationalism and empiricism for the purpose of doing informed inquiry for a more attainable and better future. In order to reach the-ineluctable-truth, I wish to uncover the-objective-truth and new instruments for perception. “Not to be avoided, modified, or resisted” is the definition of ineluctable. 10. Sigmund Freud - His view of the self was multitiered, divided among the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. my own words: For him, we are always perplexed about ourselves, such as the Id, Ego, and Superego, but we always compromise our beliefs in the end. How can I say that my own words is compatible with their definition? Back when I was High School, we already face several of philosophers, and I already studied carefully all their sayings regarding "self".
