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Activity 2 Philosophical Perspectives
Activity 2 Philosophical Perspectives
Activity 2 Philosophical Perspectives
Choose the most significant one of the eight philosophical ideas about the self
that you believe in the most and explain it in your own words.
• Socrates: Body and Soul
• Plato: Rational soul, Spirited soul, and Appetitive soul
• St. Augustine: Knowing God is knowing oneself.
• Rene Descartes: I think, therefore, I am/ body and mind
• David Hume: There is no self/ What people experience is just a bundle or
collection of different perceptions, sensations, ideas, thoughts and images.
• Immanuel Kant: Based on your past experiences, your preferences, your
philosophy in life, and how you view yourself; that is the self.
• Gilbert Ryle: Your behavior is yourself.
• Maurice Merleau-Ponty: How we experience our lives is the way we see our self,
and that is our definition of our self.
Format:
Font style: Times New Roman
Font size: 12
Warning!
You may browse the web but make sure to provide your own input and reflections
as well. You are future Professionals hence, learn NOT to steal the intellectual properties
of others. Maximum of 150 words.
Rubrics:
30 as the highest possible score
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