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5 RENE DESCARTES
- Father of Modern Philosophy
- He doubts the existence of his own
physical body (mind and body)
- When a person can think, it is a
proof that there is an existence of the
self.
RES COGITANS – the thinking
being
RES EXTENSA – the measurable
thing
“ I think, therefore I am”
6 JOHN LOCKE
- He believe that the sense experiences
creates the self
BLANK SLATE THEORY OR
TABULA RASA THEORY – the
self is a blank sheet of paper and the
experiences of the 5 senses serve as a
pencil to construct the self.
EMPIRICISTS – knowledge
originates from sense experiences
7 DAVID HUME
- Self came from the collection or
bundle of perceptions or
apprehension (anxiety or fear).
- Once the body contains the 5 senses
disintegrated (fall apart) the concept
about the self will vanish
- The idea of personal identity is a
result of an imagination
“There is no self”