Unit 2.

What Philosophy Says About the Self

Exercise 1.0. How Do I See MySelf?

Glenda Lizel Bicera

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Instructions: For each statement, indicate whether you agree or disagree by encircling
your choice.
1. My life choices are based on what I have actually experienced.
Agree Disagree
2. My views about the world are dependent on what I have actually witnessed.
Agree Disagree
3. I am likely to buy a brand that I have already used, and not based on referrals.
Agree Disagree
4. I would rather remain in my comfort zone than try something new.
Agree Disagree
5. Most of the time, I make choices based on the present rather than the future.
Agree Disagree
6. I am likely to hold on to what I have now, even if there is a greater option in the
future.
Agree Disagree
7. For me, happiness is tangible.
Agree Disagree

Scoring Key:
If majority of your answers is “agree”, then you are an empiricist. If majority of your answers is
“disagree”, then you are a rationalist.

Process questions (answer individually):

1. How do you differentiate empiricism and rationalism?
Empiricism is based on experience and experimentation while Rationalism is based on logic
and reason. for me empiricism is better that rationalism because empiricism is proven that based
on reality while Rationalism is like a hypothesis its no certainty happens, not proven and tested
just based on uyour knowledge its not good because you cant really answer if it not happens to you.

2. Do you agree with your classification? Why or why not?

Yes. My knowledge is based on my experiences that something i realized at the end what
is wrong and right. And i think Im Empiricist that belief on what youve experienced. And many
people say that too especially our parents. Experience is a good teacher that you may learn
not in the book or article.

3. To which branch of philosophy do you adhere more? Why?

 There are many branches of philosophy but I think Im adhere the most is Ethics.
Ethics is the moral principle of right or wrong, good and bad. And Ethics can improve your
knowledge, maturity and professionalism. Ethics can develop your decision making too. As a
Empiricist it is very connected to the brach of philosophy , Ethics.