Exam 4: Mind and Body

The Turing test had a powerful influence on the field of AI.

Descartes asserts that he knows that he is a substance the whole essence of which is to

Descartes says that the mind is distinct from the body and

According to Searle, the appropriately programmed computer

Functionalism asserts that

Searle believes in the possibility of strong AI.

Regarding mind and body, most contemporary philosophers are

Smart argues that since an after-image is not in physical space, and a brain process is, the after-image must not be a brain process.

What point is Nagel trying to make with the bat example? How does the nature of subjective experience count against reductive theories of mind?

How does Descartes use the notion of divisibility to argue that the mind exists independently from the body? Assess the argument.

If substance dualism is false, does that eliminate the possibility of an afterlife? Are the other theories of mind compatible with our continued existence after our death? Why or why not?

What is substance dualism? Why do many philosophers think it is an inadequate theory of mind? Do you agree with them? Why or why not?

Searle argues that the Chinese room thought experiment shows that

Why does Searle say that strong AI is false?

What is the identity theory? Is it an adequate solution to the mind-body problem? Why or why not?

Searle asserts that no computer program by itself, however sophisticated, is sufficient for

The fact that your being thirsty seems to cause you to reach for a glass of water presents a problem for

Block says that the Chinese brain has a functional organization that brings a mind into existence.

Logical behaviorism is at odds with our commonsense intuition that mental states

If mental states are multiply realizable, that presents a problem for