Unit 1: Core theme — Being human
Topic 1.2: The self and the other Questions
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Hegel's idea of recognition says that to fully become a self you need:
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How do freedom and relationships fit together, on this view?
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The 'psychological' relation to others refers to how:
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The Ubuntu saying 'I am because we are' means that:
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Ganeri names which three things as constituting a self?
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Why is solipsism so hard to disprove?
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True or false? On this view, being able to rebel proves you are a sealed core self with no real ties to others.
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True or false? For both Sartre and Hegel, other people help make the self — it isn't drawn by you alone.
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The no-self view (anattā) claims that when you look inside you find:
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De Beauvoir's 'third way' on the self says:
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The clever move against solipsism is to show that:
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Solipsism is the view that:
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Confucius' view of the self is that:
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Why does the self/non-self boundary matter for the self itself?
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Sartre's keyhole example is meant to show that:
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Vasubandhu and Hume are paired because they both:
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True or false? The relational self means a self is MADE by its relationships, not merely influenced by them.
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The main claim of 'relations with others' is that:
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The 'relational self' is the view that:
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De Beauvoir's reply to solipsism is that:
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