29 Questions
Who is considered the Father of Western philosophy?
Socrates
What did Socrates believe about human nature?
Man is composed of body and soul.
What was Plato's philosophical method?
Collection and Division
Which part of the Tri-partite soul is responsible for basic biological needs?
Appetitive (Sensual)
What did Plato believe was the supreme good that would secure a person's happiness?
Virtue alone
What did Plato believe about the soul's existence according to the text?
The soul exists before birth and after death.
Who is considered the founder of modern Western philosophy?
Rene Descartes
Which philosopher claimed an essential distinction between the mind and body?
Rene Descartes
Who believed that humans by nature are good?
John Locke
Which philosopher laid the groundwork for an empiricist approach to philosophical questions?
John Locke
What does Locke believe everything we know comes from?
The experience of senses
What method was used by the philosopher considered as the founder of modern Western philosophy?
Hyperbolical doubt
Where does the philosopher assert the origin of the sense of 'self'?
Brain
How does the philosopher describe the 'self' according to the text?
A physical manifestation
What did the philosopher reject in terms of philosophical dualism?
Mind-body dualism
How does the philosopher suggest that human beings should understand the 'self'?
Starting from being embodied subjectivities
How does the philosopher view the relationship between mind and body?
As intrinsically connected
According to psychoanalytic theory, which part of the mind operates on the pleasure principle?
ID
What is the function of the Superego in relation to the ID?
Controls the ID's impulses
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
What does Churchland's eliminative materialism assert about people's common-sense understanding of the mind?
It is false
According to psychoanalytic theory, what does the Superego utilize to make a person feel bad through guilt?
Conscience
What distinguishes the Ego from the ID and Superego in psychoanalytic theory?
Operates according to the reality principle
Hume's philosophy describes the self as:
A collection of different perceptions
In Hume's philosophy, what are 'Impressions' characterized by?
Entering the senses with great force
Which concept does Freud associate with holding the greatest fascination for him?
The unconscious self
According to Hume, where does all knowledge pass through?
The senses
'Ideas' in Hume's philosophy are characterized by:
Being less lively counterparts of impressions
Which field was the Austrian neurologist credited with developing?
Psychoanalysis
Explore David Hume's philosophical ideas on the self as a bundle of perceptions, empiricism, and the nature of knowledge in this quiz. Learn about his opposition to Descartes' rationalism and his division of the mind's perceptions into impressions and ideas.
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