Multiple Choice Quiz


1	Eliminative materialism is the doctrine that
		A)	mental states are functional states.
		B)	some people don't have mental states.
		C)	computers can have mental states.
		D)	there are no mental states.


2	Searle's Chevrolet station wagon thought experiment shows that
		A)	there cannot be any Chevrolet station wagons.
		B)	whatever does not appear in an explanatory theory does not exist.
		C)	just because certain mental states do not appear in a theory, that doesn't mean they don't exist.
		D)	just because we have mental states, that doesn't mean there are no theories to explain them.


3	Jackson's thought experiment about the color-challenged scientist shows that
		A)	there's more to the world than physical objects and physical properties.
		B)	there are only physical objects and physical properties.
		C)	it's possible to provide a complete account of the world in purely physical terms.
		D)	physical terms can be reduced to mental terms.


4	A physicalist account of pain would
		A)	leave out the experience of pain.
		B)	include both the experience and the neurology of pain.
		C)	include the nature of conscious experience.
		D)	include qualia.


5	Eliminative materialists deny the exist of
		A)	physical states.
		B)	neurological states.
		C)	physical process.
		D)	mental states.

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