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Name: Avegail Aster A. Menciano Section: BMMA 102 Date: September 18, 2022 Score: ___________

01 Seatwork 1
Who are you according to…?

Who you are? Briefly explain the concept of "self" as you interpret it for each philosopher. Then, indicate how comparable or different your
perception of the 'self' is to that of

SOCRATES PLATO AUGUSTINE AQUINAS

To fully “know yourself,” a man With Augustine’s viewpoint, the His theory of self-knowledge
I do believe that there should be
must look in the mirror to body is imperfect that is doomed that all our experiences
a balance application of the three
examine and question their self. to die on earth, the soul, on the determine what we know about
parts of human soul, or psyche
In my opinion, it is a must to other hand, is immortal by living in ourselves. Throughout my
which is appetitive, spirited, and
practice and assess ourselves an eternal realm of God. This is whole journey, I have
rational. Sometimes, we
so we will be fully aware with the same with how Christians encountered tribulations and
unconsciously make decisions
our goals and virtues in life. think. They believe that the failures but because of that I
based on this part of the soul. afterlife is spiritually union with know my limitations and
God. capabilities.
HUME
DESCARTES LOCKE
Locke concludes that Hume argues that we keep on
With his views about the mind and memories are the source of our perceiving different things using our
the physical parts of the body are identity. In my opinion, memories senses. He successfully explained that
distinct. It gives us our identity and make us who we are. They create the self is nothing but successive
sense of self because our worldview in ways we hardly perceptions because he was able to
it is where our drives, intellect, realize. Like a character made of demonstrate that we perceive
passion, and understanding live. Legos, we're built of blocks of throughout our lives. The fact that we
In short, we are everything that we memory that all fit together to form are dominated by perceptions, which
are because our consciousness. change and replace each other
of our minds depending on time.
KANT RYLE MERLEAU
CHURCHLAND
"I act, therefore I am!" Our According to him, our sense of
Kant believes that all our knowledge He suggests the search for the
behaviors and deeds are what self is determined by the physical
begins with the senses, proceeds then self and consciousness need not
give us a feeling of self. brain rather than the hypothetical
to the understanding, and ends with be focused on the space within
According to me: He is right. mind. My standpoint in this kind of
reason. The same with my stand that our skulls. Instead, we should
Experience creates argument, yes, physically you can
because of our lack of information and turn our attention to the lived
perspective, as the evidence is damage your brain but partly the
tangible evidence, miss the mark body. The lived body is most
stored through memories. Self mind is still working. It may be
when it comes to the self because centrally what accomplishes
is the manifestation of compiled damaged but there is still a small
they don't consider the effects of perception, the form of
experiences. fragment that the mind is
apperception consciousness.
functioning.

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