Understanding the Self GEC 101

Plato believes that the soul is ________ and separate from the body.

Plato argued that human life is essentially a struggle between ________ and desire.

Humans are usually identified as ________ beings.

Plato believes that the true self is made of ________ or the intellect.

Plato believes the soul has three parts: 1. ________ soul.

Plato believes the soul has three parts: 2. ________ soul/spirit.

Descartes declares that the essential self - the self as thinking entity - is radically different than the self as physical ______.

The thinking self - or soul - is a nonmaterial, immortal, conscious being, independent of the physical laws of the ______.

The physical body is a material, mortal, non-thinking entity, fully governed by the physical laws of ______.

Therefore, the soul and the body are distinct and independent from each ______.

Descartes ends up with Plato’s metaphysic, a dualistic view of reality, bifurcated into a spiritual, nonmaterial, immortal realm that includes conscious, thinking beings, and a physical, material, finite realm that includes human bodies and the rest of the physical ______.

Locke believes that the mind at birth is tabula rasa (blank ______).

St. Augustine believed that man is geared towards what is ______.

Self-knowledge is a consequence of knowing ______.

Rene Descartes is known as the Father of Modern ______.

Descartes wanted to thoroughly understand the thinking/reasoning process and its relation to the ______.

Descartes believes in doubting what we have been taught without ______.

Descartes' famous mantra is - 'I think, therefore I ______' (cogito ergo sum).

Freud divided the self into three parts: Id – instinctual impulses; pleasure principle, Ego – deals with reality; reality principle, ______ – conscience; deals with morality; keeps the id and ego in check

The primary conflict for Freud is between the id and the ______

Repression is a defense mechanism to prevent undesirable and disturbing thoughts from becoming ______

Freud believes that desire is a natural part of ______

Gilbert Ryle solves the mind-body dichotomy issue by denying the concept of an internal, non-physical ______

For Ryle, what truly matters is behavior that a person manifests in daily ______