Multiple Choice Quiz


1	Searle's point in his Chinese room thought experiment is that
		A)	there's more to having a mind than running a program.
		B)	having a mind is a matter of running a program.
		C)	computer's may one day have minds.
		D)	some programs are better than others.


2	Putnam's inverted spectrum thought experiment shows that
		A)	different brains can run different programs.
		B)	there is no more to being in mental state than being in a functional state.
		C)	a person's program is his or her mental state.
		D)	there must be more to being in a mental state than being in a functional state.


3	For Turing, there is nothing more to being intelligent than being able to
		A)	think like a computer.
		B)	use language like we do.
		C)	think in terms of inputs and outputs.
		D)	make rapid decisions.


4	Intentionality refers to
		A)	the property of mental states that makes them coherent.
		B)	the property of mental states that makes them of or about something.
		C)	the property of mental states that makes them functional.
		D)	the property of mental states that makes them have qualia.


5	According to functionalism, the mind is to the brain as
		A)	the writing on a slate is to the slate.
		B)	a computer is to its hard drive.
		C)	the software of a computer is to its hardware.
		D)	the software of a computer is to its programmer.

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