Mind/ Body (+Args. Retrieval)

Select the most precise definition of a philosophical argument.

• A series of statements (premises) that aim to convince or persuade.

• A series of statements that aim to convince or persuade.

• A series of sentences (statements) that aim to convince or persuade.

• A series of true statements (premises) that aim to convince or persuade.

P1. All carnivores have sharp teeth

P2. A rabbit has sharp teeth

C. So a rabbit is a carnivore

• Invalid

• Valid

P1: All Harry Potter films star Daniel Radcliffe.

P2: ‘The Prisoner of Azkaban’ stars Daniel Radcliffe.

C: ‘The Prisoner of Azkaban’ is a Harry Potter film.

• Sound

• Unsound

Answer explanation

A sound argument must be VALID and have TRUE PREMISES.

P1. Muggles cannot do magic

P2. Vernon Dursley cannot do magic

C. So Vernon Dursley is a muggle

• Valid

• Invalid

P1. All Watson's kids are exactly 5 foot 2 inches tall

P2. Timmy is a Watson's kid

C. Timmy is exactly 5foot 2 inches tall

• Valid

• Invalid

'Materialism' is the claim that...

• Everything in the universe is physical except human brains.

• Everything in the universe is physical except human minds.

• Everything in the universe exists non-physically.

• Everything in the universe is physical including human minds.

'Dualism' is the claim that...

(Select all that apply)

• The mind and body are both non-physical.

• The mind and body are both physical.

• The mind is non-physical and the body is physical.

• The mind and body are two separate things.

How does the case of Phineas Gage support Materialism?

How does Avicenna's 'floating man' support dualism?

Are the mind and body separate?

• No.

  Humans (and everything else) are only physical.

• No. Humans are just physical but there could be other non-physical things in the world.

• Yes.

  There is something about humans that is non-physical (mind, soul...)

• Yes.

  There could be lots of other non-physical things that exist too.