Augustine's Concept of Self and God
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Augustine believes that man is created in the image and likeness of ______

God

Augustine's sense of self is his relation to ______

God

Augustine believed one could not achieve inner peace without finding ______'s love

God

René Descartes is considered the 'founder of modern ______'

<p>philosophy</p> Signup and view all the answers

Descartes' principle, cogito ergo sum, is the keystone of his concept of ______

<p>self</p> Signup and view all the answers

Descartes declares that the essential self, or the self as a thinking entity, is radically different from the self as a ______ body

<p>physical</p> Signup and view all the answers

John Locke is known for his theory that the mind is a ______ rasa, a blank slate.

<p>tabula</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Locke, our ______ plays a key role in our definition of the self.

<p>memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

To Locke, our conscious awareness and ______ of previous experiences are the keys to understanding the self.

<p>memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

David Hume believed that the source of all genuine knowledge is our direct sense ______.

<p>experience</p> Signup and view all the answers

Impressions are those things we perceive through our senses as we ______ them.

<p>experience</p> Signup and view all the answers

David Hume believes in the existence of the ______, and what’s inside the mind is divided into two: impressions and ideas.

<p>mind</p> Signup and view all the answers

Ideas are those things that we create in our minds even though we are no longer experiencing ______.

<p>them</p> Signup and view all the answers

Even when I’m already inside my room and can no longer see the sky, I can still think of the idea of the ______.

<p>sky</p> Signup and view all the answers

Whenever we think of simple ideas, it must have as a basis a simple ______.

<p>impression</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hume's idea of the self follows this philosophical ______.

<p>pattern</p> Signup and view all the answers

In his mind, Hume finds a stream of impressions and ideas, but no impression that corresponds to a self that endures through ______.

<p>time</p> Signup and view all the answers

For Kant, man is a free agent, capable of making a decision for ______.

<p>himself</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Merleau-Ponty, the self is embodied ______

<p>subjectivity</p> Signup and view all the answers

Socrates believed that man is essentially a ______

<p>soul</p> Signup and view all the answers

Rene Descartes emphasized that in essence, man is ______

<p>mind</p> Signup and view all the answers

John Locke claimed that the self is ______

<p>consciousness</p> Signup and view all the answers

For Descartes, the body is a necessity for the mind to perform any ______

<p>act</p> Signup and view all the answers

Locke stated that as long as we have memories about who we are, we are the same person regardless of the point in our ______

<p>life</p> Signup and view all the answers

Gilbert Ryle focused on observable behavior in defining the ______

<p>self</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Gilbert Ryle, the self is best understood as a pattern of ______

<p>behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

Paul Churchland believes that the self is the ______

<p>brain</p> Signup and view all the answers

The battle between the ego, superego, and id takes place in the ______

<p>unconscious</p> Signup and view all the answers

The realm of the ego is found in the ______

<p>conscious</p> Signup and view all the answers

Paul Churchland disagrees with the concept of ______

<p>dualism</p> Signup and view all the answers

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