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Descartes, Nagel, Smart

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Descartes argues that the mind is...

a)

A physical thing.

b)

An immaterial thing

c)

The pineal gland

d)

Your heart

2.

Smart says that sensations are just

(a)  

3.

Nagel references what type of animal in his paper?

a)

A Lion

b)

A Butterfly

c)

A Bird

d)

A Bat

4.

How does Nagel use the analogy of the bat to further his paper?

4 lines
5.

Descartes is a what?

a)

Substance Dualist

b)

Materialist

c)

Rationalist

d)

Platonist

6.

Smart is a...

a)

Empiricist

b)

Materialist

c)

Idealist

d)

Iconoclast

7.

Descartes cannot trust his senses because of which of the following examples?

a)

Madman, Dreams, Distant objects

b)

Evil deceiver, God, Dreams

c)

Madman, Evil Deceiver, Distant object

d)

Lightning, Evening Star, Slugabeds

8.

Smart compares brain processes to

(a)  

9.

We can doubt about our deductive reason because of...

a)

Impossibility to distinguish dream and reality

b)

Fallacy of the senses

c)

Evil Genius

d)

All of them

10.

The existence of God warrants ...

a)

The existence of the mind

b)

The existence of the soul

c)

The clarity and distinction of our ideas

d)

All are right