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He concludes that the mind is the totality of human dispositions that is known through the way people behave.

Gilbert Ryle

What is the philosophical principle in Gilbert Ryle's concept?

I act therefore I am

Gilbert Ryle believes that the self is best understood as a pattern of behavior.

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According to sigmund freud teh self is consists of three layers, what are those?

conscious, unconscious, and preconscious. The conscious self is governed by the "reality principle." organized in ways that are rational, practical, and appropriate to the environment. The unconscious part of the self contains the basic instinctual drives, thoughts and feelings that would be considered socially taboo. Most primitive level of human motivation which is governed by the “pleasure principle” much of the self is determined by the unconscious. The preconscious self contains material that is threatening and is easily brought to mind. According to Freud, the preconscious part is located between the conscious and the unconscious parts of the self. Signup and view all the answers

An austrian psychoanalyst ___ is not a philosopher, but his views on the nature of the self have a far-reaching impact on philosophical thinking.

Sigmund Freud Signup and view all the answers

What does Immanuel Kant philosophy (We construct the self) says?

it is the self that makes experiencing an intelligible world possible because it is the self that is actively organizing and synthesizing all of our thoughts and perceptions. Signup and view all the answers

The self is a product of reason, a regulative principle

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What does the philosphy of david hume (there is no self) says?

if people carefully examine their sense experience through the process of introspection, they will discover that there is no self. What people experience is just a bundle or collection of different perceptions. Signup and view all the answers

What are the two distinct entities of the philosophy of david Hume? AND EXPLAIN EACH

Impressions are the basic sensations of people's experience such as hate, love, joy, grief, pain, cold, and heat. Ideas are thoughts and images from impressions so they are less lively and vivid. Signup and view all the answers

Hume further posits that different sensations are in a constant continuum that is invariable and not constant. The idea of personal identity is a result of imagination.

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