GEC 1: Understanding The Self - Philosophical Perspective PDF

GEC 1: UNDERSTANDING THE SELF ARLAN COREA BIÑAS INSTRUCTOR  CRITERIA WEIGHT Class Standing 50% Attendance 5% Class Recitation 15% Quizzes 20% Assignments/Exercises 10% Periodical Examination...

GEC 1: UNDERSTANDING THE SELF ARLAN COREA BIÑAS INSTRUCTOR  CRITERIA WEIGHT Class Standing 50% Attendance 5% Class Recitation 15% Quizzes 20% Assignments/Exercises 10% Periodical Examination 30% Project 20% TOTAL 100% GEC 1: Understanding the Self THE SELF from various Philosophical perspective  0 0 0 1 Definition of 2The different 3My Philosoph Philosophy The Etymological & Philosophi ical view Technical Definition cal of SELF perspectiv es on the SELF  On Popular usage: A Perspective Worldview Belief System Ideas about life  01 What does ‘philosophy’ really means?  Etymological meaning From the Greek word “PHILOSOPHIA” PHILOS (φίλος) - Love SOPHIA (σοφία) - Wisdom  “PHILOSOPHIA” Wonder The town of Miletus Ancient Greece Lover of 6th century BCE Not wise Wisdom men The First Philosoph er Thales of Miletus EVERYTHIN G IS MADE OF WATER  Technical Definition scientia rerum per causas primas sub lumine rationis naturalis The science of beings in their ultimate reason, causes, and principles acquired by the aid of human reason alone  PHILOSOPHY Science Beings Ultimate Human reason Reason causes principles There are two objects of study in any science Material object Formal Object Material Object or the Formal Object is refers to subject matter of the science the particular attributes of the material object under study or the particular aspect under which the material object is studied Formal object Quod and Formal object Quo Is that which the medium is by immediately which the and primarily science apprehended studies its by the object science Material Object Being/All things Formal Object The first cause or highest principle of Quod things Formal Object Human Reason Quo alone  Philosophy Metaphysics Epistemo logy Logic Ethics Cosmology Philosophy of Man Theodicy Political Philosophy  0 2The Different Philosophic al perspective s on the SOCRATES 470 B.C.-399 B.C. SOCRATES ▪ First philosopher who ever engaged in a systematic questioning about the Self ▪ The true task of a philosopher is to “Know thyself” ▪ “An unexamined life is not worth living” ▪ Dualism = Man is composed of body an soul  PLATO 428 B.C. – 338 B.C. PLATO ▪ Student of Socrates ▪ Three Components of the Soul ▪ Rational, Spirited, and Appetitive soul ▪ Reason has to govern the Human person ▪ Soul (Self) should be just & virtuous Augustine 354 -430 AUGUSTINE ▪ the earth was brought into existence ex nihilo by a perfectly good and just God, who created man. ▪ Bifurcated nature of the Self ▪ The Body is bound to die on earth and The Soul is to anticipate living eternally ▪ Intellect is in the soul Thomas Aquinas 1225 - 1274 Thomas Aquinas ▪ The Idea of Hylemorphism ▪ The Self like all things has Matter & Form ▪ What makes the self what it is is the form which is the essence ▪ The soul is the essence of man  RENE DESCARTES 1596­­­- 1650 RENE DESCARTES ▪ Father of Modern Philosophy ▪ I think therefore I am ▪ The Essence of the Self - A Thinking Self ▪ Mind-Body dichotomy For him, the Body is nothing else but a machine that is attached to the mind DAVID HUME 1711­­­- 1776 DAVID HUME ▪ An empiricist ▪ Nothing comes to the mind except through experience ▪ The Self is Tabula Rasa ▪ The self is just a bundle or collection of different perceptions/impressions IMMANUEL KANT 1724 - 1804 IMMANUEL KANT ▪ Thinking of the “self” as a mere combination is problematic ▪ There must an organizing principle that regulates the relationship of all these impressions – MIND ▪ Self is an apparatuses of the mind Gilbert Ryle 1900-1976 GILBERT RYLE ▪ What truly matters is the behavior that a person manifest in his day-to-day life ▪ You cannot find the self ▪ Self is not an entity one can locate ▪ Self is a name to refer all behaviors that people make.  Merleau- Ponty 1908 – 1961 MERLEAU-PONTY ▪ The body and mind are intertwined – it cannot be separated from one another ▪ One cannot find any experience that is not embodied experience ▪ One’s body is his opening of his existence to the world ▪ The living body, his thoughts, emotions, and experiences are all one References: Alata E. J. et al (2018). Understanding the Self. Rex Book Store Inc. Chaffee, J.(2016). The Philosophers way. New York: Pearson.  Contents of this template This is a slide structure based on an Education template for High School You can delete this slide when you’re done editing the presentation To view this template correctly in PowerPoint, download and install the fonts Fonts we used Used and An assortment of graphic resources that are suitable for use in this alternative presentation resources Thanks slide You must keep it so that proper credits for our design are given Colors All the colors used in this presentation Infographic These can be used in the template, and their size and color can be edited resources For more info: You can visit our sister projects: SLIDESGO | SLIDESGO SCHOOL | FAQS FREEPIK | FLATICON | STORYSET | WEPIK | VIDFY Customizable They are sorted by theme so you can use them in all kinds of presentations icons