blog writing #examination of self-concept challenges traditional views

In the discipline of philosophy and psychology, numerous debates have been raised on the concept of the self in philosophy. The concept itself is very complex to understand and requires viewing self from a contemporary and traditional perspective to comprehend the self. Traditional perspectives such as dualism reveals the basis on which people conceptualize the self. Indeed, dualism often highlight the immaterial nature of self or associations connected with specific types of mental states (Lecture 12a, n.d, p. 12).