Exam 2: Philosophical Issues

Strong emotions are more likely to be conditioned to __________ as a way of knowing.

Domino A impacts domino B and B falls over. According to Aristotle, domino A is the ___________ cause of the fall of B.

The term ontology refers to

One of the more difficult problems associated with psychophysical parallelism is that

The empiricist, unlike the nativist, believes that

The term teleology refers to

Psychogeny can be defined as the study of

Pragmatism emphasizes the _____ of an idea.

The term rationalism comes from the same Latin root as

Aestheticism emphasizes

The term epistemology is derived from the Greek episteme, which means

According to the text, the commonsense position with respect to mind and body is known as

According to the text, each of the following terms refers to abilities, or beliefs about abilities, that are built into living systems, EXCEPT

Some philosophers have argued that mental processes are produced by brain processes, but are nevertheless qualitatively different from brain processes. Such a position is called

Mind is a kind of overflow or by-product of brain activity, but mind has no causal efficacy. Such a contention is most consistent with

A central problem with explanations by comparison is