THE PERSPECTIVES OF SELF (KNOWLEDGE):

RENE DESCARTES AND JOHN LOCKE ASUMPTIONS

OPENING STATEMENT
Over the years, philosophers have written and evaluated numerous various topics. Others
were given assumptions with theories and defined etymologically by their ideas, while others
retrieved the study in which they get sorts of ideas. However, Rene Descartes and John Locke are
those philosophers who had different ideas of self (knowledge). Notably, Descartes based his
perspectives on self as I think therefore I am. On the other hand, Locke sites it as tabula rasa. The
two philosophers have an inquisitive mind concept in examining the self from different
perspectives. In this case, we will apprehend their ideas with theories and knowledge.

IIa. REVIEW RELATED LITERATURE

The relationship of mind to body stems from the thought of the 17th-century French
philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes, who gave dualism its classical formulation.
Beginning from his famous dictum cogito, ergo sum (Latin: “I think therefore I am”), Descartes
developed a theory of mind as an immaterial, no extended substance that engages in various
activities or undergoes several states such as rational thought, imagining, feeling (sensation),
and willing (Guignan, 2020). Also, he doubted his statement. He found that he does not doubt that
his self-existed, as he was the one doing the doubting in the first place (Mswahela, 2021).

Guignan, 2020. mind-body dualism. https://www.britannica.com/topic/mind-body-

Dualism
Mswahela, 2021. Rene Descartes. https://www.academia.edu/49474631/Rene_
Descartes

IIb. ANALYSIS

There are a few declarations we all seem to know no taxation without representation, we
need a bigger boat; and I think therefore I am. Since it is about the concept of self of Descartes,
we are going to hone in, on the whole, I think therefore I am proclamation. According to Miceli
(2018), the phrase (I think therefore I am) first appears in Discourse on the Method in 1637.
Descartes linked it firmly to dualism. A concept he discusses in his work, Meditations on First
Philosophy. Dualism is the concept that reality or existence into two parts: mind and body
(Whitemore, 2021). Descartes believed that this ethereal mind holds the seat of consciousness.
Where our sentiments, our drive, our understanding, and our passion. In short, all that we are or
identity comes from the mind as Descartes so aptly I think therefore I am.
Miceli, 2018. I think, therefore I am": Descartes on the Foundations of Knowledge.
https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2018/11/26/descartes-i-think-therefo
re-i-am/
Whitemore, 2021. The Self According to Rene Descartes. https://study.com/acad
emy/lesson/the-self-according-to-rene-descartes.html

IIIb. REVIEW RELATED LITERATURE

Human aren’t born good or evil. Societies belief are often placed upon us and grow up we try to fit
in to what society thinks we should be, depending
The different views of prominent philosophers
regarding the nature of the self will be discussed.