WorksheetsType Identity Theory Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is one of the two arguments of identity theory?
Type-token
Token-typo
Ticket-token
Token-token
What does type identity theory say is the distinction between mind and brain?
One is physical and the other is immaterial
Mind = thinking, brain = machine
Mind= mental states, brain = no mental states
There is no distinction. Mind and brain are identical
Who is one of the key thinkers in identity theory?
Ryle
Descartes
David Lewis
David Lorenz
Which of these thinkers CRITICISES type identity theory?
Ryle
Smart
Lewis
Putnam correct
How does identity theory explain behaviours?
Can be explained by mental states and processes
Can be explained by direct observations
Via books
Can be explained by emotions
What problem does identity theory overcome by claiming that the mental = the physical?
Problem of other minds
Problem of circularity
Problem of interaction
Pain
What account of our origins fits better with scientific understanding?
behaviourist
Physicalist
ontological
neurological
What is an example of a neurological brain state?
pains
beliefs
desires
all of these
What is meant by qualitative-identical?
When the qualities of something are identical, it is:
When qualities of something are different
The mind and brain possess the same qualities
When the qualities must match the behaviours
The mind and the brain are ______ the same.
Neurologically
Behaviourally
Physically
What does the truth of identity theory have to be established by?
Physical analysis
Neurological observation
Philosophical analysis
What will neuroscience eventually be able to reduce to neurological phenomena?
Ontological reduction
Behaviourism claims
Physicalism concepts
In what terms can neuroscientists explain our behaviour?
Physical terms
Chemical terms
Electrical terms
What can type identity theory not account for?
the brain
shared experiences
tokens
What is meant by a 'token'?
certain kind of thing
a type of thing
a mental state
What is meant by a 'type'?
certain kind of thing
instance of a thing
a mental state
Which of these is NOT an example of a 'type'?
Furniture certain kind of thing
A word
Which of these is NOT an example of a 'token'?
Furniture
A chicken
The letter 'B'
Sadness
According to Type Identity theory, the mind and the brain are...?
the same as the body
separate entities
behaviours
identical
