Philosophy: Hume's Bundle Theory and Empiricism

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Who is considered the Father of Western philosophy?

Aristotle

Descartes

Socrates (correct)

Plato

What did Socrates believe about human nature?

The unexamined life is worth living.

Man is composed of body and soul. (correct)

Humans are only composed of body.

The soul is not important for human identity.

What was Plato's philosophical method?

The Socratic Method

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Collection and Division (correct)

Which part of the Tri-partite soul is responsible for basic biological needs?

Appetitive (Sensual) Signup and view all the answers

What did Plato believe was the supreme good that would secure a person's happiness?

Virtue alone Signup and view all the answers

What did Plato believe about the soul's existence according to the text?

The soul exists before birth and after death. Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered the founder of modern Western philosophy?

Rene Descartes Signup and view all the answers

Which philosopher claimed an essential distinction between the mind and body?

Rene Descartes Signup and view all the answers

Who believed that humans by nature are good?

John Locke Signup and view all the answers

Which philosopher laid the groundwork for an empiricist approach to philosophical questions?

John Locke Signup and view all the answers

What does Locke believe everything we know comes from?

The experience of senses Signup and view all the answers

What method was used by the philosopher considered as the founder of modern Western philosophy?

Hyperbolical doubt Signup and view all the answers

Where does the philosopher assert the origin of the sense of 'self'?

Brain Signup and view all the answers

How does the philosopher describe the 'self' according to the text?

A physical manifestation Signup and view all the answers

What did the philosopher reject in terms of philosophical dualism?

Mind-body dualism Signup and view all the answers

How does the philosopher suggest that human beings should understand the 'self'?

Starting from being embodied subjectivities Signup and view all the answers

How does the philosopher view the relationship between mind and body?

As intrinsically connected Signup and view all the answers

According to psychoanalytic theory, which part of the mind operates on the pleasure principle?

ID Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the Superego in relation to the ID?

Controls the ID's impulses Signup and view all the answers

How does Ryle critique Descartes' idea of the mind being distinct from the body?

He asserts that the mind and body are not isolated processes Signup and view all the answers

What does Churchland's eliminative materialism assert about people's common-sense understanding of the mind?

It is false Signup and view all the answers

According to psychoanalytic theory, what does the Superego utilize to make a person feel bad through guilt?

Conscience Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes the Ego from the ID and Superego in psychoanalytic theory?

Operates according to the reality principle Signup and view all the answers

Hume's philosophy describes the self as:

A collection of different perceptions Signup and view all the answers

In Hume's philosophy, what are 'Impressions' characterized by?

Entering the senses with great force Signup and view all the answers

Which concept does Freud associate with holding the greatest fascination for him?

The unconscious self Signup and view all the answers

According to Hume, where does all knowledge pass through?

The senses Signup and view all the answers

'Ideas' in Hume's philosophy are characterized by:

Being less lively counterparts of impressions Signup and view all the answers

Which field was the Austrian neurologist credited with developing?

Psychoanalysis Signup and view all the answers