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1
A Cartesian dualist believes that the mind is dependent on the body.
A)True
B)False
2
Idealism is the doctrine that all that exists are minds and their contents.
A)True
B)False
3
Materialism is the doctrine that only material objects are valuable.
A)True
B)False
4
Parallelism is the doctrine that the mind and the body run in parallel but do not interact.
A)True
B)False
5
Solipsism is the view that you are the only person that matters in the universe.
A)True
B)False
6
John Locke and David Hume maintained that there is nothing in the mind that isn't first in the senses.
A)True
B)False
7
Logical positivism asserts that to know what a sentence means is to know semantics.
A)True
B)False
8
Logical behaviorism holds that mental states are behavioral dispositions.
A)True
B)False
9
Qualitative content is the felt quality of certain mental states.
A)True
B)False
10
The identity theory says that mental states are nonphysical states.
A)True
B)False
11
Functionalism is the doctrine that mental states are physical states.
A)True
B)False
12
Lewis's thought experiment on the pained Martian shows that functionalism must be correct.
A)True
B)False
13
Block's Chinese nation thought experiment shows that under the right circumstances China can be considered to be a mind.
A)True
B)False
14
Zombies have the same sensations and emotions as anyone else.
A)True
B)False
15
The Turing test is a test of speech capability.
A)True
B)False
16
According to eliminative materialism, mental terms do not refer to anything.
A)True
B)False
17
Eliminative materialism is a reductive theory.
A)True
B)False
18
According to Rorty, someday all references to mental states will be eliminated from psychology textbooks.
A)True
B)False
19
Folk psychology is our commonsense theory of mind.
A)True
B)False
20
Churchland says that folk psychology can't explain many psychological phenomena.
A)True
B)False
21
Property dualism is the doctrine that mental states have both physical and nonphysical properties.
A)True
B)False
22
According to property dualism, mental properties are physical properties.
A)True
B)False
23
Intentionality is a primitive property.
A)True
B)False
24
According to property dualism, mental states are dependent on physical states.
A)True
B)False
25
To accepting downward causation is to deny that all human behavior can be explained in purely materialist terms.
A)True
B)False







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