Jean-Paul Sartre Would Argue That Theories That Identify the Self

question 14

Multiple Choice

Jean-Paul Sartre would argue that theories that identify the self with thinking or with memory are misconceived because

• A)the self is identical with the brain.
• B)there is no self.
• C)the self is a pattern of behavior.
• D)the self lies always in the future; it is what we aim toward, as we try to make ourselves into something.

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