Question 1

How is Leibniz's law used by the dualist? How does the materialist respond to these sorts of arguments?

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Question 2

The eliminative materialist differs with the reductive materialist by claiming that

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A)   the mind exists, but has no causal effects.
B)   whenever we talk about mental events, we are talking about brain events.
C)   mental events are separate from brain events but caused by them.
D)   there are no mental events.

Question 3

In arguing against dualism, the eliminative materialists point out that psychological experiments seem to show that

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A)   most people do not believe in dualism.
B)   we can be mistaken about our introspective reports.
C)   no one can know when another person is in pain.
D)   when we see a green apple, the memory image in our brain is green.

Question 4

The materialist responds to the argument that the mind and body have different properties by saying

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A)   this fact is true, but insufficient to establish dualism.
B)   this fact is true, but it actually is an argument in favor of materialism.
C)   two things that appear to be different are not always different.
D)   at present, there is no explanation for this, but the other arguments for materialism make this one problem insignificant.

Question 5

The dualist points out that the mind and the body must be different substances since they have different properties.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The eliminative materialist refers to dualism as

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A)   anti-phenomenological psychology.
B)   folk psychology.
C)   epiphenomenalism
D)   all of the above B

Question 7

Reductive materialism denies that mental substances exist, but admits the existence of mental events.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

According to the materialist, what goes on when we imagine a green apple?

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According to the materialist perspective...

Question 9

In the passage quoted from Tom Nagel, he argued that a scientific, objective standpoint can explain everything in the world and life.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 10

What is folk psychology? What is the eliminative materialists evaluation of it? Why?

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Folk psychology refers to the everyday u...

Question 11

What is Tom Nagel's complaint against materialism? Do you agree or disagree with him? Why?

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Tom Nagel's complaint against materialis...

Question 12

What happened to Phineas Gage that is relevant to the mind-body issue? Which position could use this account as ammunition? How so?

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Phineas Gage was a railroad construction...

Question 13

In the debate over the mind and body, Leibniz's law is used to argue that

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A)   the mind and the body are separate but do not interact.
B)   interactionism violates the conservation of energy.
C)   mental events do not exist.
D)   the mind and body are not identical.

Question 14

Leibniz's law states that two things are numerically identical if and only if they have all the same properties in common.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Another name for reductive materialism is identity theory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The story of Phineas Gage showed that brain damage can affect the personality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What do reductive materialists and eliminative materialists agree upon? How do they differ?

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Question 18

Which of the following would be a violation of Leibniz's law?

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A)   Superman is six feet tall and Clark Kent five feet tall.
B)   The mind and the body are identical, but the body is divisible and the mind is not.
C)   C-fibers firing are identical to pain, but they have different properties.
D)   all of the above D

Question 19

Richard Rorty claims that belief in demons is analogous to our belief that we have pains.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The form of materialism embraced by Thomas Hobbes was the view that only money or material things have value.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 15: Materialist Monism

How is Leibniz's law used by the dualist? How does the materialist respond to these sorts of arguments?

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The eliminative materialist differs with the reductive materialist by claiming that

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In arguing against dualism, the eliminative materialists point out that psychological experiments seem to show that

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The materialist responds to the argument that the mind and body have different properties by saying

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The dualist points out that the mind and the body must be different substances since they have different properties.

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The eliminative materialist refers to dualism as

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Reductive materialism denies that mental substances exist, but admits the existence of mental events.

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According to the materialist, what goes on when we imagine a green apple?

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In the passage quoted from Tom Nagel, he argued that a scientific, objective standpoint can explain everything in the world and life.

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What is folk psychology? What is the eliminative materialists evaluation of it? Why?

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What is Tom Nagel's complaint against materialism? Do you agree or disagree with him? Why?

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What happened to Phineas Gage that is relevant to the mind-body issue? Which position could use this account as ammunition? How so?

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In the debate over the mind and body, Leibniz's law is used to argue that

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Leibniz's law states that two things are numerically identical if and only if they have all the same properties in common.

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Another name for reductive materialism is identity theory.

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The story of Phineas Gage showed that brain damage can affect the personality.

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What do reductive materialists and eliminative materialists agree upon? How do they differ?

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Which of the following would be a violation of Leibniz's law?

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Richard Rorty claims that belief in demons is analogous to our belief that we have pains.

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