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?

    <p>Appetitive (Sensual)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Virtue alone</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The soul exists before birth and after death.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is considered the founder of modern Western philosophy?

    <p>Rene Descartes</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Rene Descartes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who believed that humans by nature are good?

    <p>John Locke</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>John Locke</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Locke believe everything we know comes from?

    <p>The experience of senses</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Hyperbolical doubt</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

    What did the philosopher reject in terms of philosophical dualism?

    <p>Mind-body dualism</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Starting from being embodied subjectivities</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>As intrinsically connected</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

    <p>Controls the ID's impulses</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>He asserts that the mind and body are not isolated processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>It is false</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

    <p>Operates according to the reality principle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Hume's philosophy describes the self as:

    <p>A collection of different perceptions</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Entering the senses with great force</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    According to Hume, where does all knowledge pass through?

    <p>The senses</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Being less lively counterparts of impressions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which field was the Austrian neurologist credited with developing?

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

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