UTS Chapter 1 (Philosophy) Part 3

“I act, therefore I Am.”

• John Locke

• Paul Churchland

• Maurice Merleau-Ponty

• Gilbert Ryle

• Sigmund Freud

“We act therefore we are.”

• John Locke

• Paul Churchland

• Maurice Merleau-Ponty

• Gilbert Ryle

• Sigmund Freud

He wrote The Concept of Mind (1949) where he rejected the notion that mental states are separable from physical states.

• John Locke

• Paul Churchland

• Maurice Merleau-Ponty

• Gilbert Ryle

• Sigmund Freud

He asserted that we get our sense of self from our behaviors and actions, as for him, your actions define your own concept of “self” (who you are).

• John Locke

• Paul Churchland

• Maurice Merleau-Ponty

• Gilbert Ryle

• Sigmund Freud

He asserted that we get our sense of self from our behaviors and actions, as for him, your actions define your own concept of “self” (who you are).

• John Locke

• Paul Churchland

• Maurice Merleau-Ponty

• Gilbert Ryle

• Sigmund Freud

He posits the mind and body as “the dogma of the ghost in the machine.”

• John Locke

• Paul Churchland

• Maurice Merleau-Ponty

• Gilbert Ryle

• Sigmund Freud

Answer explanation

"The dogma of the ghost in the machine" suggests that there is no hidden entity or

ghost called “soul” inside a machine called “body”.

“The physical brain (and NOT the imaginary mind) gives us our sense of self.”

• John Locke

• Paul Churchland

• Maurice Merleau-Ponty

• Gilbert Ryle

• Sigmund Freud

“The self is the brain.”

• John Locke

• Paul Churchland

• Maurice Merleau-Ponty

• Gilbert Ryle

• Sigmund Freud

Answer explanation

Paul Churchland is a philosopher and professor known for his studies in neurophilosophy and the philosophy of the mind.

Paul Churchland's philosophy stands on a materialistic view or the belief that nothing but matter exists.

• True

• False

A philosopher who posits eliminative materialism.

• John Locke

• Paul Churchland

• Maurice Merleau-Ponty

• Gilbert Ryle

• Sigmund Freud

Answer explanation

"Eliminative Materialism" is the claim that peoples’ common sense understanding of the mind and that certain classes of mental states which most people believe in do not exist.