CUS FINALS

Social, Environmental, and other Life factors

S.E.L.F meaning

Nature vs Nurture

one of the oldest philosophical issues/debate within psychologically

Nature

a person develops hits/her characteristics biologically

Nurture

a person develops his/her characteristics through the external factor

Behaviorism

focuses on the impact that the environment has on behavior.

Identities

are “qualities, characteristics, beliefs, opinions, etc., that makes a person unique from others”.

Self

is the “person of himself/herself.” meaning it is what the others don’t see in you, because this is personal character, this is what makes up a person.

Social Factors

are the factors in the development of a person which includes all the person around us, like our family members, relatives, etc..

Hereditary Factors

are the factors in the development of the person that includes biological changes and events that usually affects the physical characteristics of a person

Self

“a unified being, essentially connected to consciousness, awareness, and agency

Socrates

popularized the dictum “ignorance is the beginning of wisdom“

Socrates

He was also known for his advice “Know thyself.”

Plato

The self exists in tripartite nature: Soul, Courageous “Spirited part”, Appetitive Part 428 to 348 B.C.

Soul

For Plato, the self is “a ____ using the body”

“Life is a cautious ascent towards the world of ideas”

Aristotle

The self is composed of: Body and Soul, Mind and Matter, Sense and Intellect, Passion and Reason

Reason

is supreme in a human person and so should govern all of life's activities

Rene Descartes

The Mind is the seat of consciousness

Rene Descartes

The self is an immaterial mind with a material body.

Body and Mind

Philosophy is heavily tied with dualism

The body

includes human senses that can be unreliable hence it cannot be trusted

Rene Descartes

“I think, therefore I am.”

Rationality and Activity of the Mind

are at the center of man’s being

Instill Virtue and Give Primacy to the Mind

understand and work hard enough on our passion so these passions are put under our control

John Locke

Tabula Rasa “Blank Slate”

John Locke

The mind is empty at birth

John Locke

It is without rules for processing data and that data is blank.

Associations of Ideas

that individuals make when young are more important than those made later because they are the foundation of the self.

infancy

serve as foundation of the self

John Locke

“Freedom of individuals to author their own soul.”

John Locke

“Individuals are free to define the content of the character except for their basic identity as a member of the human species”

Immanuel Kant

The Supreme principle of morality is a principle of practical rationality

Inner and Outer self

These two together, form your consciousness

Inner self

consists of psychological state and rational intellect

Outer self

is a human person’s senses and the physical world

Immanuel Kant

He sees the self as prone to corruption

Immanuel Kant

Life is a constant struggle between beauty and pleasure, between the inner self and outer self

Immanuel Kant

He lived during the Enlightenment period

Immanuel Kant

He replaced religion with reason

Immanuel Kant

“Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a natural law“

Gilbert Ryle

The Mind and Body are one and the same

The mind

is a set of capacities and abilities belonging to the body

The mind

is a mysterious entity that controls the mechanical workings of the body.

Technical Ability

Knowing How

Facst and Propositions

Knowing That

Acquaintance with Things and Persons

Knowing What

Gilbert Ryle

Knowing that (Some fact) is empty Intellectualism without knowing how to make use of the fact.

Paul Churchland

Materialism, Nothing except matter exists

Paul Churchland

If a thing can’t be recognized by the senses, then it cannot be real

Paul Churchland

If the mind can’t be experienced by our senses, then the mind doesn’t really exists

Paul Churchland

It is the physical self, and not the mind that gives us our sense of self