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Unit 2.

What Philosophy Says About the Self


Exercise 1.0. How Do I See MySelf?

Name______________________________
Section__________________________

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?

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

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

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