The Philosophical Journey, 2/e

William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for Ultimate Reality

Functionalism and Artificial Intelligence

Multiple Choice Quiz


1	With which of the following claims would a functionalist agree?
		A)	What is essential to a mind is not the material of which it's made.
		B)	Mental states are defined in terms of their causal role.
		C)	Mental states are multiply realizable.
		D)	All of the above


2	Fodor is discussed in your text as a supporter of what position on the mind-body problem?
		A)	functionalism
		B)	identity theory
		C)	eliminativism
		D)	dualism


3	What criterion of thinking is used by the Turing Test?
		A)	A computer is thinking if it can achieve a score of 100 on a standard IQ test.
		B)	A computer is thinking if it can defeat the world's greatest chess masters.
		C)	A computer is thinking if a significant percentage of the time it can convince a panel of judges that it's a human being.
		D)	A computer is thinking if it can learn from its mistakes.


4	The claim that artificial intelligence research may help us explore various theoretical models of human mental processes, while acknowledging that computers only simulate mental activities is known by which of the following names?
		A)	the strong AI thesis
		B)	the weak AI thesis
		C)	multiple realizability
		D)	intentionality


5	The Chinese Room experiment is best characterized as an attempt to
		A)	support the strong AI thesis
		B)	pass the Turing Test
		C)	support functionalism
		D)	refute the strong AI thesis

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