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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for Ultimate Reality

Chapter Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter you should be able to:

1. provide an overview of various general metaphysical positions and their relations, including dualism, monism, materialism, and idealism

2. state the mind-body problem

3. describe Cartesian psychophysical dualism, locate its strengths and weaknesses, and evaluate Descartes' arguments for it

4. distinguish between the identity theory and eliminativist versions of physicalism

5. explain the nature of functionalism, the Turing Test, and Searle's Chinese Room objection to strong AI

6. assess the hard determinist's position in the free will debate

7. discuss the nature, strengths, and weaknesses of the libertarian's stance in the free will debate

8. describe and evaluate compatibilism as a view in the free will debate