Wednesday, February 5, 2020

homework #4 chapter 4 (philosophy of mind) spring 2021

1. State the mind/body problem in your own words (section 4.1 pp. 206-210) 

2. What is Cartesian dualism? 

3. Define logical behaviorism.

4. What is identity theory? Explain.

5. Regarding Mind-Body Identity, explain J.C. Smart description of a "sensation," p. 217 

6. What's Thomas Nagel's "bat" argument? p. 220 

7. What is "qualia"? Is qualia irreducible, why?

8. What's the definition of A.I. according to John Searle? p. 222-229 

9. What's Searle's Chinese Room mind experiment? Why does Searle believe computers cannot think? 

11. What is an emergent property?

12. What is downward causation? How does this apply to the mind? Explain.

What does it mean to say that consciousness is a systemic property of the brain? (find my lecture here) 

13. Why is it that consciousness cannot be eliminated from scientific discourse? Explain.

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