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S2 Philosophy of Mind

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Dualism?

a)

The mind and body are the same

b)

The mind is in the body

c)

The mind and body are separate

d)

The mind is immaterial and the body is material

2.

What is Materialism?

a)

The mind and body are the same

b)

The mind is in the body

c)

The mind and body are separate

d)

The mind is immaterial and the body is material

3.

Which one of these words does NOT describe a mind

a)

formless

b)

non spatial

c)

tangible

d)

immaterial

4.
Who was this man?
a)
John von Neumann
b)
Donald Knuth
c)
Alan Turing
d)
Tim Berners-Lee
5.
What was Alan Turing's profession before he worked for the government?
a)
Mechanic
b)
Mathematician
c)
Nurse
d)
Teacher
6.
What is the name of the test that Alan created to check whether something is human or a computer?
a)
Test of Turing
b)
Turner Test
c)
Turing Machine
d)
Turing Test
7.
What is the first Artificial Intelligence program to have passed the Turing Test in 2014?
a)
Cleverbot
b)
Eugene Goostman
c)
Siri
d)
Elbot
8.

What is A.I?

a)

Intelligence demonstrated by machines

b)

Smart robots

c)

Anthony Ian

d)

I don't know

9.

The term A.I is short for?

a)

Anatomy Insector

b)

Astrology Iselin

c)

Anh Intelligence

d)

Artificial Intelligence

e)

Antificial Intelligence

10.

What definition? the idea that the mind and body are separate

a)

dualism

b)

rationalism

c)

materialism

d)

analogy

11.

Which is an inaccurate term for describing the body

a)

material

b)

physical

c)

intangible

d)

visible

12.
What is this a definition of: "a test to find whether a machine is intelligent."
a)
Turing test
b)
Solipsism
c)
Materialism
d)
Empiricism
13.

"human" is a moral term. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

"Person" - is a moral not biological term - true or false?

a)

True

b)

False

15.

All persons are humans - true or false?

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Two possible examples of a human that may not a 'person' are...

a)

An AI robot

b)

A baboon

c)

A dead human

d)

A baby in the womb

17.
Who used the ship of Theseus to illustrate the problem with identity?
a)
Hobbes
b)
Dawkins
c)
Plutarch
d)
Leibniz
18.

The ship of Theseus is described as a ....

a)

story

b)

paradox

c)

theory

d)

dualism

19.
What is this a definition of: "the idea that we can only know things through experience."
a)
Turing test
b)
Solipsism
c)
Materialism
d)
Empiricism
20.
What is this a definition of?  "the idea that we can only know things through reason."
a)
Rationalism
b)
Empiricism
c)
Analogy
d)
Dualism
21.

Which animal/ non human person was the centre of a lawsuit to change the rights of certain animals in New York?

a)

Happy the Orangutan

b)

Happy the elephant

c)

Sandra the elephant

d)

Tommy the Chimp

e)

Tommy the orangutan

22.

Why is Phineas Gage's story important to neuroscience today?

a)

no other case of that type of brain damage has ever been seen

b)

it was the earliest recorded case of brain damage affecting personality

c)

doctors can compare Gage's brain scans to other patients

d)

it forced 19th century doctors to start doing autopsies

23.

What was the name of the main orca in the documentary Blackfish?

a)

Tillicum

b)

Tommy

c)

Sandra

d)

Shamu

24.

What was the name of the elephant who lost her case for personhood who is at the Bronx Zoo?

a)

Tillicum

b)

Tommy

c)

Sandra

d)

Happy

25.

What was the name of the orangutan who won her case for personhood in Argentina?

a)

Tillicum

b)

Tommy

c)

Sandra

d)

Happy

26.

What is the name for animal to human transplants?

a)

Xenatransplantation

b)

Xenitransplantation

c)

Xenotransplatation

d)

Xenatransplantation

27.

What is the name of the legal writ that demands a legal reason for imprisonment used in court cases to fight for animal release from zoos etc

a)

Hobeau Carpus

b)

Habeus Capus

c)

Habeas Corpus

d)

Hobeus Corpus

28.

A machine needs _____ to operate it. 

a)
a hand
b)
a human
c)
a controller 
d)
a program
29.

A Robot_______need a human to operate it. 

a)
does 
b)
does not 
30.

Why do we need robots and machines to go to space and deep in the ocean?

a)
Our bodies can not hand it
b)

They are less efficient

c)
They make it easy
d)

They enjoy it

31.

Which Philosopher challenged Turing Test with his 'Chinese Room' thought experiment?

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Isaac Asimov

c)

John Searle

d)

Phineas Gage