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WorksheetsMind 1 Substance Dualism
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Cartesian dualism claims...
...minds do not depend on bodies to exist.
...minds depend on bodies to exist.
...minds and bodies have the same properties.
Which of these are objections to Descartes' indivisibility argument?
We can conceive of some physical things being smaller.
Not everything physical is divisible.
Descartes assumes the mind is an ontologically distinct substance.
Descartes' conceivability argument contains the statement:
It is possible that mind can exist without body.
If two things have different properties, that proves that they cannot be one and the same thing.
What technical term is used to describe how an experience feels?
Category Mistake
Qualia
Divisibility
Neuroscience
What is 'consciousness'?
Knowing what's right and wrong
Being aware of yourself (sentience)
Using language
Instincts
Investigating how the body and consciousness are connected is called...
soul/body problem
body/spirit problem
mind/body problem
zombie problem
Dualism is...
The idea that everything is physical
The idea that the mind arises from the brain
The idea that there is only one substance
The idea that the mind and body are two separate substances.
The idea that the mind is a part of the brain is called...
Dualism
Materialism
Egoism
Scepticism
Is the adjective deriving from Descartes' name, so it describes any doctrine expounded by Descartes. It refers to Descartes' version of mind-body dualism and to versions of substance dualism inspired by Descartes.
Analytic
A priori
Cartesian dualism
Consciousness
All that 'you are directly aware of, including thoughts, emotions and sensations. The contents of the mind.
Analytic
A priori
Cartesian dualism
Consciousness
In philosophy of mind, it is the view that the mind and body are not identical, meaning that the mental cannot be reduced to the physical. Often contrasted with monism.
Dualism
Hypothetical propositions
Intentionality
Introspection
The quality of certain mental states which directs them beyond themselves and to things in the world. It's what makes mental states such as beliefs, desires and fears about something. For example, my belief that it is raining is about the rain, and my fear of heights it about heights.
Dualism
Hypothetical propositions
Intentionality
Introspection
The process of looking into your own mind. The direct awareness each of us has of his or her own mental states.
Dualism
Hypothetical propositions
Intentionality
Introspection
Descartes' argument which claims that as we can divide the physical body, but the idea of dividing the mental is nonsensical, mind and body must be separate substances
conceivability argument
cogito ergo sum
trademark argument
indivisibility argument
Descartes' argument that we have a clear and distinct idea of our minds as a thinking thing that is not extended in space; and our bodies as a non-thinking thing that is extended in space, it follows that they are not the same substance.
the indivisibility argument
the trademark argument
the conceivability argument
the cogito
