Soul Beliefs Final Exam 2023 - Use this;100% assured
What does Unpleasantness in Vermont teach us about the Frontal Lobe?
It teaches us that damage to the frontal lobe effects decision making and planning (EX:
Phineas Gage). In Gage's case, planning and making decisions was effected, but his
movement and sensory abilities recovered almost fully.
cultural worldview
Provide beliefs about the nature of reality that assuage our anxiety associated with the
awareness of death
Faith in meaningful conception of reality
self-esteem
the belief that one is a valuable contributor to the universe
worldview defence
our exaggerated defense of similar and different others following mortality salience
(we like people who have the same beliefs as us and dislike people who do not)
Instinctive behavior
hardwired upon birth
operate beyond one's awareness
EX: blinking, startle reaction, sucking reflex
Learned Behavior
learned throughout course of life, taught by others
EX: do not sick a fork into an electrical outlet, sunscreen, language, belief in Santa
Claus, belief in God
New Atheists
Sam Harris: Children are taught to believe the God's in their parent's imagination
Richard Dawkins: believe without question what your authority figures tell you
Daniel Dennett: told the theory of evolution is false by ppl they trust more than
scientists
Christopher Hitchins: nobody knew what was going on when religion started to come up
in history
New Atheists attempt to...
debunk religion and attack ppl's feelings that in turn protect our beliefs about soul and
afterlife
Internalized Beliefs
beliefs that have been reinforced early enough that they become non-questionable,
conscious and unconscious fixed beliefs
rock
, almost instinctive
protected by feelings (potential to disturb internal milieu)
Santa and God
- adult males
- bearded
- know everything
- omnipresent (differ)
Santa's Gift: Breaks
God's Gift: Everlasting
Scientific materialism
a form of philosophical monism which holds that matter is the fundamental substance
in nature, and that all phenomena, including mental phenomena and consciousness,
are results of material interactions.
- emphasizes physicality
- difficult for materialists to argue against religion because belief in God operates on a
conscious awareness.
Human's 2 Tasks
Physical Survival
Psychological Survival
Physical Survival
alley rat screeches upon cat's arrival
warns other rats
hesistant to go into alley again
Psychological Survival
Ability to protect ourselves and internal milieu in multiple ways, through many emotions
Perserve the image of ourselves
(Sense of) Self
a person's essential being that distinguishes them from others, especially considered as
the object of introspection or reflexive action
every self builds on another
confirmation bias
you want all of your beliefs to be confirmed
when you believe something with absolute certainity, you stop thinking about it --> not
good to do this; become unaware of other possible explanations
Stern
-child psychiatrist and infant researcher
-develops ideas regarding the selves
-protoself: infants operate with non-reflective awareness meaning they know how to
show perference and make subtle choices
What does Unpleasantness in Vermont teach us about the Frontal Lobe?
It teaches us that damage to the frontal lobe effects decision making and planning (EX:
Phineas Gage). In Gage's case, planning and making decisions was effected, but his
movement and sensory abilities recovered almost fully.
cultural worldview
Provide beliefs about the nature of reality that assuage our anxiety associated with the
awareness of death
Faith in meaningful conception of reality
self-esteem
the belief that one is a valuable contributor to the universe
worldview defence
our exaggerated defense of similar and different others following mortality salience
(we like people who have the same beliefs as us and dislike people who do not)
Instinctive behavior
hardwired upon birth
operate beyond one's awareness
EX: blinking, startle reaction, sucking reflex
Learned Behavior
learned throughout course of life, taught by others
EX: do not sick a fork into an electrical outlet, sunscreen, language, belief in Santa
Claus, belief in God
New Atheists
Sam Harris: Children are taught to believe the God's in their parent's imagination
Richard Dawkins: believe without question what your authority figures tell you
Daniel Dennett: told the theory of evolution is false by ppl they trust more than
scientists
Christopher Hitchins: nobody knew what was going on when religion started to come up
in history
New Atheists attempt to...
debunk religion and attack ppl's feelings that in turn protect our beliefs about soul and
afterlife
Internalized Beliefs
beliefs that have been reinforced early enough that they become non-questionable,
conscious and unconscious fixed beliefs
rock
, almost instinctive
protected by feelings (potential to disturb internal milieu)
Santa and God
- adult males
- bearded
- know everything
- omnipresent (differ)
Santa's Gift: Breaks
God's Gift: Everlasting
Scientific materialism
a form of philosophical monism which holds that matter is the fundamental substance
in nature, and that all phenomena, including mental phenomena and consciousness,
are results of material interactions.
- emphasizes physicality
- difficult for materialists to argue against religion because belief in God operates on a
conscious awareness.
Human's 2 Tasks
Physical Survival
Psychological Survival
Physical Survival
alley rat screeches upon cat's arrival
warns other rats
hesistant to go into alley again
Psychological Survival
Ability to protect ourselves and internal milieu in multiple ways, through many emotions
Perserve the image of ourselves
(Sense of) Self
a person's essential being that distinguishes them from others, especially considered as
the object of introspection or reflexive action
every self builds on another
confirmation bias
you want all of your beliefs to be confirmed
when you believe something with absolute certainity, you stop thinking about it --> not
good to do this; become unaware of other possible explanations
Stern
-child psychiatrist and infant researcher
-develops ideas regarding the selves
-protoself: infants operate with non-reflective awareness meaning they know how to
show perference and make subtle choices
