WorksheetsPhilosophy of Mind: Dualism and Related Concepts Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of these arguments for dualism is NOT put forward by Descartes?
Knowledge of ideas
Doubt
Divisibility
Conceivability
What technical term is used to describe how an experience feels?
Category Mistake
Qualia
Divisibility
Neuroscience
Which of these things is presented as a solution to the problem of interaction?
Masked Man Fallacy
Category Mistakes
Private Language
Epiphenomenalism
According to Ryle, what is Descartes' main error?
He makes a category mistake in assuming the mind is a separate non-physical thing
He is unable to solve the problem of interaction
He assumes but does not prove other minds
He needs to bring in God to save his theory
Which of these is NOT a solution to the problem of other minds?
Behaviourism
Analogy
Mary and the Black and White Room
Inference to the Best Explanation
Which of these arguments for Dualism is NOT named in the specification?
Qualia
Divisibility
Conceivability
Knowledge Argument (Mary)
Which of these arguments can best be used to counter the conceivability argument?
Qualia
Intentionality
Ockham's Razor
Masked Man fallacy
Which of these is a criticism of Descartes' divisibility argument?
Split-brain experiments
Leibniz Law
Mary and the Black and White room
Zombies
What issue is raised in a letter to Descartes by Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia?
Category Mistakes
The Conceptual Interaction Problem
The Empirical Interaction Problem
Difficulties with Occasionalism
Which of these is NOT used by Descartes in the Conceivability argument?
Clear and Distinct Ideas
The Wax Example
The existence of God
Leibniz Law
