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Who once said "I think, therefore I am"? - correct answer René Descartes What did Descartes believe? - correct answer Cartesian dualism / interactionism two distinct substances (mental/physical) but interact causally "I think, therefore I am" "intuition of the mind" rather than just senses can conceive of perfection therefore God must be perfect When did Descartes live? - correct answer (born in La Haye, France) Where did Descartes live? - correct answer France - Netherlands (20 years) - Sweden (tutor and then died) Who proposed the zombie argument for consciousness being nonphysical? - correct answer David John Chalmers Substance Dualism - correct answer The notion that mind and body consist of two fundamentally different kinds of stuff, or substances Cartesian Dualism - correct answer The view that mind (or soul) and body are completely independent of one another and interact causally. Materialism (or physicalism) - correct answer The doctrine that every object and event in the world is physical Identity Theory - The view that mental states are identical to physical brain states. Functionalism - correct answer The view that the mind is the functions that the brain performs. Epiphenomenalism - correct answer The notion that mental properties do not cause anything, but merely accompany physical processes. Determinism - correct answer The doctrine that every event is determined by preceding events and the laws of nature. Hard Determinism - correct answer The view that free will does not exist, that no one acts freely. Indeterminism - correct answer The view that not every event is determined by preceding events and the laws of nature. Compatibilism - correct answer The view that Determinism is true AND we have free will. Libertarianism - correct answer The view that some actions are free, those actions are caused (i.e. initiated/originated) by the person or agent.