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WorksheetsPart 1 Eliminitivism
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Does eliminitivism attempt to ontologically reduce mental states?
Yes
No
Which term did we eliminate when explaining the black death?
Bacteria
Germs
Bad air
Yersinia pestis
What was the informal term eliminitivists gave to mental states they believed they'd eliminate?
Tick all terms which are strengths of eliminitivism.
•1). Folk psychology is inadequate
•2). ‘Intentionality’ is inaccommodatable
•3). Ockham’s razor
•4). “Common-sense” terms tend to get eliminated (Patricia Churchland)
What was the explanation for this strength of eliminitivism: "•2). ‘Intentionality’ is inaccommodatable"?
Eliminitivism can explain intentionality
Future neuroscience will explain how brain states can be "about" things
In eliminating folk psychology eliminitivism eliminates their intentionality so they don't need to be explained
Which philosopher had we already seen make epistemological arguments that might seem decisive against eliminitivism?
Descartes
Locke
Hume
Kant
Which of these was NOT an objection to eliminitivism?
•The certainty about the reality of mental states
•Eliminivism is unscientific
•Folk psychology has good predictive and explanatory power
•Eliminativism is “self-refuting”
In terms of an eliminitivist response to "The certainty of mental states", what example of a doubtable mental state did Hume and the Buddha put forth?
The will
The self
Beliefs
Memories
What theory did we see which seemed to be an example of successful "folk psychology"?
Brain surgery
Evolutionary psychology
Cognitive behavioural therapy
The psychodynamic approach
Which of these of conditions would folk psychology BE ABLE to treat?
Anxiety
Schizophrenia
Irrational self-perceptions
Epilepsy
