Philosophy Quiz: Mind-Body Dualism

What is the term used for the view that the universe contains physical bodies and non-physical minds?

• Idealism

• Monism

• Dualism

• Materialism

What is the title of the most famous work by Rene Descartes mentioned in the text?

• The Republic

• Meditations on First Philosophy

• Critique of Pure Reason

• Principia Mathematica

What is the first premise of the argument for mind-body dualism presented in the text?

• You are not Bert.

• You could have existed without Bert existing.

• You are Bert.

• If it's true that you are Bert, then it could not have been false that you are Bert.

What is the rule of inference used to derive the conclusion in the argument for mind-body dualism?

• Modus Tollens

• Affirming the Consequent

• Denying the Antecedent

• Modus Ponens

What is the term used for truths that could not have been false?

• Relative truths

• Probable truths

• Necessary truths

• Absolute truths

What is the subtitle of Descartes' most famous work 'Meditations on First Philosophy'?

• The Nature of Reality

• The Immortality of the Soul

• The Power of Reason

• The Existence of God

What is the term used for the view that we are physical or material things?

• Dualism

• Idealism

• Monism

• Materialism

What is the main focus of the argument for mind-body dualism presented in the text?

• Power of Reason

• Immortality of the Soul

• Existence of God

• Nature of Reality

What is the term used for the seventeenth-century philosopher who is the most famous proponent of mind-body dualism?

• Saul Kripke

• Rene Descartes

• Barack Obama

• Alex Byrne

What is the term used for the view that we are physical and mental things?

• Idealism

• Monism

• Dualism

• Materialism