TRACY VLOSSOM C.

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GSELF - 6400
ACTIVITY 1: PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW
Identify the philosopher who proposed the particular view of the self in the first column. Then, examine your personal
view about the nature of self and indicate whether you believe or not in that philosophical view of self. If you believe
in that stated philosophy, recall an important experience you had which relates to it. If you do not believe, explain
your disbelief.

Philosophical Philosopher Believe it or Related Life Reason Why I do Effects on my

View of the Self Not Experiences not believe Selfhood

I encountered this before

entering college, my I believe that in
mother wants me to be order to know
an accountant and it myself, I should be
made me contemplate in brutally honest with
choosing my course. I myself because it
did a lot of thinking of will help me set my
“Know thy self” Socrates B
what really want to goal, motives, want
pursue and I decided to in order and more
choose the course I want vividly.
instead of choosing my
mom’s choice and
pretending I want it too
for the sake of making
her happy.
When I was in grade 8 th,
I was really in a bad
position in our school
The spirit is the part
because of my deeds. I
of the self/soul that
know to myself what I
Self, consist three regulates the
was doing and I still
coexistent aspects appetitive and is the
continue since I want to
of the soul, from source of emotions
fit in with my peers. It
which you can Plato B like anger and other
took me a little longer to
understand your moods, and this
realize how wrong the
own desires and affects us on
things I was doing. But
behaviors deciding what we
I regretted the things I
want or how we act.
did, I changed and never
did it again, since then I
focused on myself and
thrive in my academics.
One could not St. B As a Roman Catholic, I
achieve inner peace Augustine strongly believe this.
without finding We’re made in the I realize that by
God's love. image and likeness of getting to know God
God and as His follower, better, the better I’m
we serve as His going to understand
instruments to share the myself. I believe He
goodness to our will guide me, show
fellowmen and we can me the right things
do it in our simple way. to do. He knows me
Just like me and my better because He is
friends do, we share my and our creator.
food and water to the
poor and attend mass
every Sunday. This is
also my way of
 expressing my
gratefulness for the
blessings that God has
given us.
Sometimes,
doubt helps to think
hard, reflect on
There are points in my things where
life where I doubted my something
thoughts and belief. challenging for us
When we are in the turned into
classroom, whenever we something great. A
answer test, there’s lot of things are born
I think; therefore, I Rene
B always a time where we out of initial
am Descartes
doubt our answer if it’s uncertainty or doubt.
correct or wrong, that’s It helps to remind
why we think harder to ourselves about the
remember the past times that things
lessons in order to get have gone right,
the right answer. because the same
thing could happen
in the present
moment
When I was grade 7, I
was bullied by What I experienced
classmates and it was during grade 7-8th
really hard for me to served as an
study. So, when I was example and lesson
grade 8th, I tried my best for me. It showed
to fit-in with my new me what the
friends, I want them to consequences, and
accept me and to show what may happen if
I’m worth to be their I still continued it. It
The self is most friend, but in exchange was an eye opener
represented by the of that there are things for me, it made me
John Locke B
concept “tabula they do that they also aware that my
rasa” want me to do. Because actions have its prize
of my fear of getting and consequences,
bullied again, I’m the which can affect us
one who bullied. But I in the future.
realized what I’m doing,
I remember when I was
in that position and I
don’t want to like my
bullies. That’s how I
stopped. This is the story
I mentioned above.
There is no David Hume N I do not believe our
permanent self self is “replaced”
because but rather we can
impressions of say there is a
things are based change and
from our improvement. We
experiences only have one self,
our experiences and
the people who
surround us gives
us influence, it may
change us to worse
or a better person.
For example, my
fashion sense back
then was wearing
bright colors and I
don’t know how to
match clothes but
when I met my
friend, who likes
wearing Korean
inspired outfits I
thought it was
beautiful so I also
did. Though I still
wear bright color
clothes, the
difference is I
know what to
match or what
occasion I can wear
it. So, I can say, my
taste in fashion
improved but not
replaced.