Exam 4: Mind

In the previous reading, Nagel asked "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" and commented that we cannot know what it is like. Based on these two readings, would Jackson and Nagel agree or disagree? Why?

According to Searle, computers are

What is unusual about the character Mary in Jackson's story?

Qualia are the subject matter of information about what it is like to have a certain mental experience.

Choose one objection considered by Turing and defend it against his claims.

Jackson thinks that physicalism leaves out "what it is like" to see colors.

According to the argument from introspection

According to the "official doctrine," the body is private and unconnected to other bodies.

Strong AI is the view that developing programs can amount to creating minds.

Hempel's dilemma is a problem for defining "physical" in terms of physics. What are the two horns of the dilemma?

Jackson claims that we can, in principle, know everything about Fred's

Summarize Lewis' reply in your own words. Do you find it convincing? Explain.

According to this reading, Jackson's view on the mind-body problem is

According to Taylor, dualisms arise because of

Descartes argues that bodies are understood by the intellect not perceived by the senses.

We could define "physical" by saying that the physical world is composed of only one kind of basic particle. If there is a mental substance, as a substance dualist believes, it must be made of a different kind of stuff. Why does Montero think that this doesn't work as a definition of "physical"?

The body problem is another name for the mind-body problem.

In this reading, Jackson argues that physicalism (or materialism) is false. Is he arguing for substance dualism or property dualism? Or can you tell?

Some dualists argue that their theory is the only way to explain parapsychological phenomena such as telepathy and telekinesis. How does Churchland respond to this argument?

Why did Nagel choose to illustrate his point with the example of bats? Be sure to explain both his main point and how the example illustrates it.