PHIL 101 quiz 3 Questions and answers with accurate rationales(PASSED).
In the first lecture on philosophy of mind, mental states were defined in terms of three key
characteristics. What are they? - (ANSWER)1. state of consciousness
2. characterized by felt qualities
3. visible only to me 'from the inside'
At the same time, we listed three key characteristics of the physical states of organisms. What are
those? - (ANSWER)1. biological states
2. characterized by physical felts
3. visible to any outside
What does the term "substance" in "substance dualism" stand for? - (ANSWER)independently existing
things, currently connected
What is the mind, according to substance dualism? How does it (or doesn't it) relate to the body? -
(ANSWER)-the mind is the subject of consciousness
-the mind is a thing or entity separate and distinct from the body
According to Descartes, (a.) I could not conceivably be mistaken in believing that my own mind
exists. Why is that supposed to be? - (ANSWER)It would be possible for my mind to exists in a world
where no physical things actually exist
According to Descartes, (b.) I could conceivably be mistaken in believing that physical things
exist. Why is that supposed to be? - (ANSWER)if it is so much as possible for my mind to exist while no
physical things exists then my mind is not anything physical and doesnt depend for its existence on
anything physical
Descartes thinks that (a.) and (b.), above, together show that the mind is not physical and does
not depend on anything physical. Why does he draw that conclusion from those prior insights? -
(ANSWER)My mind is not anything physical and does not depend for its existence on anything physical
, PHIL 101 quiz 3 Questions and answers with accurate rationales(PASSED).
What is Descartes's answer to the question "How the soul and the body act on one another"? -
(ANSWER)"The part of the body in which the soul exercises its function immediately is in nowise the
heart, nor the whole of the brain, but merely the most inward of all its parts, to wit, a certain very small
gland which its situated in the middle of its substance. This gland, the seat of the mind, is the pineal
gland.
What is the basic standard criticism of Descartes's 'conceivability argument'? - (ANSWER)the
conceivability argument fails to prove substance dualism
(fails to prove that the mind can exist without the body)
Why is mind-body interaction supposed to present a problem for substance dualism? -
(ANSWER)epiphenomenalist accepts that part which holds that bodily events can cause mental events;
but denies the other half that mental events can ever cause bodily events
(suggests that mental states just are neural states; the mind just is the working brain and nervous
system
How is the law of the conservation of energy supposed to be relevant here? - (ANSWER)*Democritus,
held that nothing exists but material atoms and the void and that everything in the world is nothing but
the interactions of these atoms as they move through the void.
*Even the most complex human behavior of human beings can be resolved into interactions between
the atoms
*Materialists hold that nothing but the physical exists- matter, energy, and the void
What is 'neural dependence,' and why is it supposed to discredit substance dualism? - (ANSWER)**
reason, emotion, and consciousness are activities of the brain itself
**disproves substance dualism (shows that the mind depends on the brain)
What is the basic thesis of identity theory? - (ANSWER)mental states are just neural states (and as such
are strictly physical)
In the first lecture on philosophy of mind, mental states were defined in terms of three key
characteristics. What are they? - (ANSWER)1. state of consciousness
2. characterized by felt qualities
3. visible only to me 'from the inside'
At the same time, we listed three key characteristics of the physical states of organisms. What are
those? - (ANSWER)1. biological states
2. characterized by physical felts
3. visible to any outside
What does the term "substance" in "substance dualism" stand for? - (ANSWER)independently existing
things, currently connected
What is the mind, according to substance dualism? How does it (or doesn't it) relate to the body? -
(ANSWER)-the mind is the subject of consciousness
-the mind is a thing or entity separate and distinct from the body
According to Descartes, (a.) I could not conceivably be mistaken in believing that my own mind
exists. Why is that supposed to be? - (ANSWER)It would be possible for my mind to exists in a world
where no physical things actually exist
According to Descartes, (b.) I could conceivably be mistaken in believing that physical things
exist. Why is that supposed to be? - (ANSWER)if it is so much as possible for my mind to exist while no
physical things exists then my mind is not anything physical and doesnt depend for its existence on
anything physical
Descartes thinks that (a.) and (b.), above, together show that the mind is not physical and does
not depend on anything physical. Why does he draw that conclusion from those prior insights? -
(ANSWER)My mind is not anything physical and does not depend for its existence on anything physical
, PHIL 101 quiz 3 Questions and answers with accurate rationales(PASSED).
What is Descartes's answer to the question "How the soul and the body act on one another"? -
(ANSWER)"The part of the body in which the soul exercises its function immediately is in nowise the
heart, nor the whole of the brain, but merely the most inward of all its parts, to wit, a certain very small
gland which its situated in the middle of its substance. This gland, the seat of the mind, is the pineal
gland.
What is the basic standard criticism of Descartes's 'conceivability argument'? - (ANSWER)the
conceivability argument fails to prove substance dualism
(fails to prove that the mind can exist without the body)
Why is mind-body interaction supposed to present a problem for substance dualism? -
(ANSWER)epiphenomenalist accepts that part which holds that bodily events can cause mental events;
but denies the other half that mental events can ever cause bodily events
(suggests that mental states just are neural states; the mind just is the working brain and nervous
system
How is the law of the conservation of energy supposed to be relevant here? - (ANSWER)*Democritus,
held that nothing exists but material atoms and the void and that everything in the world is nothing but
the interactions of these atoms as they move through the void.
*Even the most complex human behavior of human beings can be resolved into interactions between
the atoms
*Materialists hold that nothing but the physical exists- matter, energy, and the void
What is 'neural dependence,' and why is it supposed to discredit substance dualism? - (ANSWER)**
reason, emotion, and consciousness are activities of the brain itself
**disproves substance dualism (shows that the mind depends on the brain)
What is the basic thesis of identity theory? - (ANSWER)mental states are just neural states (and as such
are strictly physical)
