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WorksheetsMind 4 Challenging PD
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is it that Mary gains when she experiences red for the first time, according to Jackson?
knowledge about the colour red
knowledge of the colour red
qualia of redness
the properties of redness
what type of knowledge does Mary gain?
Ability knowledge
Propositional knowledge
Acquaintance knowledge
which 2 philosophers argue that just because we can't currently explain qualia in physical terms, it does not necessarily mean that it can't be done.
Frank Jackson
Gilbert Ryle
Dan Dennet
Pat Churchland
Epiphenomenalism is the idea that:
physical events cause mental events
mental and physical event interact
both mental and physical events run in parellel
mental events cause physical events
Problems of intentionality and qualia both challenge which schools of thought?
Physicalism
Dualism
Identity Theory of Mind
Anomalous Monism
What is Descartes' argument from divisibility?
The mind is indivisible
The body is indivisible
The mind and body are both divisible
The mind and body are both indivisible
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
A zombie is...
A mental duplicate which lacks qualia
A physical duplicate which lacks qualia
A physical duplicate which lacks introspection
Anybody, you just don't know
The knowledge argument is an argument for...
The existence of something non-physical- qualia.
Colour being non-physical
Substance dualism
Science giving a full account of consciousness
Epiphenomenalism means...
The mental arises from the causal power of the physical
The mental is ontologically separate from and has no causal power over the physical
Qualia is an illusion
The mental arises from but has no causal power over the physical
