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Monday, February 24, 2020
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Monday, February 17, 2020
I need student assistants. Become one!
Dear PHI 2010 classes,
Anyone can become a student-assistant. What does it take to be one?
1. grades A or B+
2. good attendance
3. be of a "front row attitude"
4. do HW and assignments
5. exhibit leadership (you have it in you to help other classmates)
The role of a student-assistant is to be a role model and help students in need.
What's the reward? Well, one does service for its own sake, but there are objective results:
Respect, admiration and gratitude of students and teachers,
My total support of your efforts, Xtra-points, letters of recommendation, and OUR GRATITUDE.
My total support of your efforts, Xtra-points, letters of recommendation, and OUR GRATITUDE.
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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.