Questions on the Self: Plato & Descartes

  1. Why ask if the self is the soul, or the body? or if it changes over time, or survives death?
  2. How do Socrates and Plato differ on the nature of the soul?
  3. From a feminist perspective, what is wrong with Plato's account of the self?
  4. How is Descartes' dualistic view of the self based on his method of doubt?
  5. What is the mind-body problem?