Exam 2: The Search for Ultimate Reality

What do you think is the strongest argument for libertarianism? What do you think is the strongest argument against libertarianism? Which of these two arguments is the better one? Why?

What happened to Phineas Gage that is relevant to the mind-body issue? Which position could use this account as ammunition? How so?

David Chalmers argued that physicalism is false.

Which of the following were arguments which Descartes used to support his dualism?

Discuss why compatibilists think that determinism and freedom are compatible.Explain how a libertarian would critique the compatibilist's notion of "free action."

The compatibilist claims that your desires,values,and motives play no role in explaining your behavior.

A compatibilist would claim that if a formerly upright citizen chooses to become a criminal,this shows that

Jean-Paul Sartre claims that the emotions we express are the result of our free choices.

What is John Searle's Chinese room thought experiment? What does he think it demonstrates?

What is agency theory? How does it attempt to solve the problem of freedom and determinism?

Marvin Minsky defended the position represented by

Concerning the behavior of the criminal,the hard determinist would say

Philosophical questions about the nature of reality fall under the heading of metaphysics.