Question 1

Nagel pointed out that if we try to imagine what it is like to be a bat, the best we can do is imagine what it is like for us to be bats (which isn't the question).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Schopenhauer was thought to have refuted the "picture theory of thinking" in 1819.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The notion that a mind can be instantiated in anything that functions like a brain is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  multiple realizability 
B)  intentionality 
C)  incorrigibility 
D)  the dual aspect theory

Question 4

Write your account of a debate between Ryle and Nagel on the question of the nature of consciousness. Who do you side with, and why?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Write your account of a debate between...

Question 5

__________ argues that, sensations are nothing over and above brain processes.

Accepted Answer

A)  Gilbert Ryle 
B)  Paul Churchland 
C)  Jerome Shaffer 
D)  J.J.C. Smart

Question 6

Merleau-Ponty believed that there should be a sharp distinction between mind and body.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Philosophers refer to the ability of knowing one's own mind by simply paying attention as Privileged access.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Explain Husserl's concept of intentionality. Does this solve the mind-body problem? If so, how? If not, why not?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain Husserl's concept of intentionality. Does this...

Question 9

The dual aspect theory seems similar to Merleau-Ponty's notion of a unified body. What are the differences and similarities in these views? Could these theories be combined in an interesting way? Why or why not? Where does the identity theory fit in? How does it compare with the other two accounts?

Accepted Answer

The answer of The dual aspect theory seems similar to...

Question 10

Ryle discussed __________, which generally means to mistake one type of thing for another.

Accepted Answer

A)  concept mistake 
B)  metaphysical mistake 
C)  epistemological mistake 
D)  category mistake

Question 11

According to eliminative materialists, our increasing knowledge of the workings of the brain will outmode our "folk-psychology" talk about the mind and we will all learn to talk the language of neurology instead.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The "official doctrine," hailing from Descartes, states that everyone has a body and a mind and that at the death of the body the mind (soul) continues to exist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The "Chinese Room" is a thought experiment designed by John Searle to show that a mind is not like a computer because, although both minds and computers manipulate formal symbols, only minds are capable of understanding what the symbols mean.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

How did Freud's concept of the "unconscious" raise doubts about Descartes's claim that whatever is mental can be described as incorrigible?

Accepted Answer

A)  By suggesting that our ideas may not correspond to reality. 
B)  By suggesting that only our unconscious ideas are clear and distinct. 
C)  By suggesting that there are ideas in our minds that we don't, and cannot, know. 
D)  By suggesting that no one is truly conscious and, therefore, that no mental activity can be said to be incorrigible.

Question 15

Merleau-Ponty attacked __________ from the side that has so far seemed least controversial, the idea that the human body is just another "bit of matter."

Accepted Answer

The answer of Merleau-Ponty attacked __________ from the side that...

Question 16

Can an adequate behaviorist account of a nonhuman animal's consciousness be given? A sparrow's? A dog's? A chimpanzee's? If behaviorism fits some of these cases and not others, how would you separate them?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Can an adequate behaviorist account of a...

Question 17

Incorrigibility is the term philosophers, especially Descartes, have given to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  persistent afterimages 
B)  the immediate certainty of our own conscious experiences 
C)  the arbitrary nature of intentional objects 
D)  dogmatic beliefs

Question 18

__________ had a view similar to those of Merleau-Ponty and Husserl, he argued for what he called "cognitive experience."

Accepted Answer

A)  John Watson 
B)  Gilbert Ryle 
C)  Galen Strawson 
D)  Bertrand Russell

Question 19

Freud claimed that everything mental was knowable and therefore that surely everything "in the mind" could be described incorrigibly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Descartes's account of mental changes causing bodily changes, and vice versa is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  parallelism 
B)  functionalism 
C)  causal interactionism 
D)  epiphenomenalism

Exam 4: Mind and Body

Nagel pointed out that if we try to imagine what it is like to be a bat, the best we can do is imagine what it is like for us to be bats (which isn't the question).

Schopenhauer was thought to have refuted the "picture theory of thinking" in 1819.

The notion that a mind can be instantiated in anything that functions like a brain is called __________.

Write your account of a debate between Ryle and Nagel on the question of the nature of consciousness. Who do you side with, and why?

__________ argues that, sensations are nothing over and above brain processes.

Merleau-Ponty believed that there should be a sharp distinction between mind and body.

Philosophers refer to the ability of knowing one's own mind by simply paying attention as Privileged access.

Explain Husserl's concept of intentionality. Does this solve the mind-body problem? If so, how? If not, why not?

The dual aspect theory seems similar to Merleau-Ponty's notion of a unified body. What are the differences and similarities in these views? Could these theories be combined in an interesting way? Why or why not? Where does the identity theory fit in? How does it compare with the other two accounts?

Ryle discussed __________, which generally means to mistake one type of thing for another.

According to eliminative materialists, our increasing knowledge of the workings of the brain will outmode our "folk-psychology" talk about the mind and we will all learn to talk the language of neurology instead.

The "official doctrine," hailing from Descartes, states that everyone has a body and a mind and that at the death of the body the mind (soul) continues to exist.

The "Chinese Room" is a thought experiment designed by John Searle to show that a mind is not like a computer because, although both minds and computers manipulate formal symbols, only minds are capable of understanding what the symbols mean.

How did Freud's concept of the "unconscious" raise doubts about Descartes's claim that whatever is mental can be described as incorrigible?

Merleau-Ponty attacked __________ from the side that has so far seemed least controversial, the idea that the human body is just another "bit of matter."

Can an adequate behaviorist account of a nonhuman animal's consciousness be given? A sparrow's? A dog's? A chimpanzee's? If behaviorism fits some of these cases and not others, how would you separate them?

Incorrigibility is the term philosophers, especially Descartes, have given to __________.

__________ had a view similar to those of Merleau-Ponty and Husserl, he argued for what he called "cognitive experience."

Freud claimed that everything mental was knowable and therefore that surely everything "in the mind" could be described incorrigibly.

Descartes's account of mental changes causing bodily changes, and vice versa is called __________.