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Philosophy: The Self From Various Perspectives
Philosophy: The Self From Various Perspectives
PHILOSOPHY
The Self from various perspectives
David Hume
• German Philosopher
• Empiricist and Rationalist
• Transcendental Aperception – an
essences of our consciousness that
provides basis for understanding
and establishing the notion of
“self”
Immanuel
Kant
• Austrian Psychologist and Physician
• Father of Psychoanalysis
• Constructs of Personality
1. ID – child aspect of a person.
2. Ego – mediator between the ID and Superego.
3. Superego- conscience of one’s personality.
• Level of Consciousness
1. Conscious
2. Preconscious
3. Unconscious
Gilbert Ryle
• Canadian Philosopher
• “Self is defined by the movements of
our brain”
• Eliminative Materialism- believes
that most menta states that people
subscribe to, in turn do not actually
exist.
• Neurophilosophy Paul Churchland
• French Philosopher
• Existencialist and phenomenologist
• His idea of self regarded that the body and mind are
not separate entities but rather one and same.
• Phenomenology of Perception
1. Body – receives the experiences as well as
integrates it in different perception.
2. Perceived World – accumulation of perception
as integrated by the experiences of the body.
3. People – the world that enables one to integrate
and experience culture and relations. Maurice Merleu-
Ponty