SELF

ACCORDING TO
DIFFERENT
MARVIN D. BAGTING
ME – 1103
GEd 101 - UNDERSTANDING THE SELF
 SOCRATES
Self is dichotomous consisting physical
and ideal realms, which he then described
as the immortal and unified entity that is
consistent over time.

plato
True self of human beings is composed of
reason, physical appetite and spirit or
passion, establishing their soul that is
discrete from their body.

St. Augustine
Augustine believed that the physical body
is different from the immortal soul, and
that humans were made in the image and
likeness of God (imago dei).
 Rene Descartes
The self is a dynamic entity that engages
dependently in mental operations –
thinking, reasoning, and perceiving
processes.

John Locke
The self, according to Locke is
consciousness, which is not tied to any
particular body or substance.

David Hume
Hume assumed that self does not exist and
only fictional, because all of the
experiences that a person may have are
just perceptions and this includes the
perception of self.
 Sigmund Freud
The self has a dualistic view, which
involves the conscious self and
unconscious self, governed by reality
principles and pleasure principles
consequently.

Gilbert Ryle
The self is best understood as a pattern of
behavior, the tendency or disposition for a
person to behave in a certain way in
certain circumstances.

Immanuel Kant
It is the self that makes consciousness for
the person to make sense of everything.
Paul and Patricia
Churchland
Man’s brain is responsible for man’s
thoughts, feelings, and behavior, which
makes up their identity known as self.

Maurice Merleau-
Ponty
He defined self as the unity of mental and
physical entities, which are seamlessly
woven together.