Monday, February 6, 2017

exam #2 (on textbook chapter 4)

4.1 mind as immaterial substance

1- state the mind/body problem in your own words (section 4.1 pp. 206-210)
2- define substance dualism,
3- what is Cartesian dualism?
4- define physicalism, also provide a definition for epiphenomenalism
5- define logical behaviorism,
6- what is identity theory?
7- provide a definition for functionalism,

4.2, 4.3 mind as brain

8. regarding Mind-Body Identity, explain J.C. Smart description of a "sensation," p. 217
9. how does David Chalmers use "zombies" to counter J.C Smart's identity theory? p. 218, 219
10.  what's Thomas Nagel's "bat" argument? p. 220
11. what is "qualia"?
12. answer question 1 & 3 section 4.3, p. 221,

4.4  mind as software

13 what's the definition of A.I. according to John Searle? p. 222-229
14. what's Searle's Chinese Room mind experiment?
15. Why does Searle believe computers cannot think?

4.5 mind as system (find my lecture here)

16. what does it mean to say that consciousness is a systemic property of the brain?
17. why is it that consciousness cannot be eliminated from scientific discourse? Explain.

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