Exam 4: Minds, Bodies, and Persons

A) Because it (falsely) suggests that there should be anomalies with respect to the conservation of energy
B) Because it is logically inconsistent
C) Because there are a number of thought experiments that count against it
D) All of the above

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A) Not all cases of coercion exculpate the person who is coerced
B) It's possible for a situation to ensure one can't do otherwise without bringing it about that one does
C) Because we have free will
D) Because we always have alternate possibilities, even if it appears we don't

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A) Frankfurt's account is purely structural, and so can't function as a compatibilist view
B) Frankfurt's account is Humean, and so cannot work as a view about practical reasoning
C) Frankfurt leaves it unclear why one simply cannot be a wanton about one's second-order volitions
D) None of the above

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A) That person would have done otherwise if she had chosen to do otherwise.
B) That event was brought about by that person's act, and that act was within her power to perform.
C) God is not the prime mover.
D) The world isn't determined.

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A) Machines are capable of learning
B) Even if machines are limited, so are humans
C) It relies on a kind of solipsistic view
D) He doesn't reject the mathematical objection

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A) We have enduring selves.
B) Presentism is the best philosophy of time.
C) The notion of an enduring self is a harmful illusion.
D) Selfhood is a matter of psychological connections over time.

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A) Causal determinism is true
B) Causal determinism is false
C) That person has second-order volitions
D) That person has freedom of action

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A) Are there imaginable digital computers that would do well in an imitation game?
B) Could a machine ever think?
C) What is thinking?
D) What does it mean for a machine to think?

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A) Neurophilosophy is a subfield of philosophy that uses scientific discoveries to explore traditional philosophical questions
B) Neurophilosophy is the view that there is a mind that is separate from our brains
C) Neurophilosophy is the view that there is no difference between mind and brain
D) Neurophilosophy is a subfield in philosophy that uses only neuroscience to answer questions in philosophy of mind.

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A) the same
B) at least the same if not higher
C) lower
D) higher

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A) we ought to be less fixated on rules and more sensitive to the situation.
B) we ought to develop skills through serious deliberation.
C) we ought to only engage in simple, practical activities, such as woodcarving.
D) we ought to recognize and appreciate our own mortality.

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A) Every natural effect is determined by its cause, such that no other effect could occur
B) It is possible for the same cause to have produced many different effects
C) They are meaningless concepts
D) While they pervade nature, human action cannot be understood causally

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A) Logical systems, like machines, are limited in certain ways
B) Machines will never be able to feel things
C) Machines can never learn
D) None of the above

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A) fasting until the mind is cleared.
B) refraining from taking responsibility for one's thoughts.
C) having deliberation recede into the background.
D) admitting that one does not have the ability to do otherwise.

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