Part 1 Issues surrounding dualism

What defence of dualism could have been made from Dara Obrian's comedy routine?

• That the brain damage caused Phineas Gage's personality change

• That the pain from the experience caused Phineas Gage's personality change

What modern examples of evidence for the mind being physical were discussed in the issues facing dualism lesson?

• Neuralink

• Ghost sightings

• Near death experiences

• Neurologically conjoined twins

Which objection to dualism did we see from Wittgenstein?

• It's incompatible with the first law of thermodynamics

• Brain states are correlated with mental states

• If the mind is immaterial there's no reason to suspect humans are any more conscious than other physical things like inanimate objects

Which view did the textbook suggest seemed to suffer more from 'the problem of other minds'?

• Dualism

• Physicalism

Which of these two were the textbook's solutions to the problem of other minds?

• The argument from analogy in my own case

• The argument from analogy in the case of others

• The argument from best hypothesis

• The argument from worst hypothesis

Which of these philosophers from first year defends 'the argument from analogy in my own case'?

• Jeremy Bentham

• John Stuart Mill

• Kant

• Aristotle

What comparison with "argument from analogy in my own case" does the textbook make (suggesting you can't justify believing others are conscious from your own case alone)?

• Knowing the inside colour of all TREES from seeing the inside of one

• Knowing the inside colour of all BAGS from seeing the inside of one

• Knowing the inside colour of all HOUSES from seeing the inside of one

• Knowing the inside colour of all FRUIT from seeing the inside of one

The argument of the best hypothesis is an instance of what kind of argument?

• Deductive argument

• Inductive argument

• Abductive argument

Which quick argument did Descartes give in favour of dualism (and which can be used to defend dualism against the problem of other minds)?

• Mary's room

• Philosophical zombies

• Only a being with a conscious mind could be creative enough to use language

• The indivisibility argument

I'm going to save questions about the Thermodynamics argument for the next quiz - they needed a 10th question for this quiz though :)

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