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1 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Suppose that it is conceivable for a person to exist and not have a body. Does this prove that the mind is separate from the body? Why or why not? |
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2 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Explain why the problem of other minds is a problem for Cartesian Dualism. |
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3 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Suppose that Duncan McDougall is correct that people lose ¾ to 1½ ounces at the moment of death. Would this lend credibility to the theory of Cartesian Dualism? Why or why not? |
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4 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Suppose that, as Descartes claimed, the mind is indivisible. Would that lend credibility to the theory of Cartesian Dualism? Why or why not? |
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5 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Is Cartesian Dualism consistent with modern science? Why or why not? |
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6 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Explain the implications of Searle's brain replacement thought experiment. |
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7 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) What does the perfect pretender thought experiment show about behavioral dispositions? |
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8 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Explain how Nagel's bat thought experiment attempts to undermine identity theory. |
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9 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Explain the significance of the fact that brain states are knowable by empirical investigation but mental states are not. |
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10 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) What does Lewis's pained Martian thought experiment show about the identity theory? |
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11 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Explain the absent qualia objection. |
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12 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Explain the inverted spectrum problem. |
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13 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) What does Searle's Chinese room thought experiment show? |
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14 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Explain why intentionality creates a problem for functionalism. |
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15 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Is being in a certain functional state a necessary or sufficient condition for being in a certain mental state? Why or why not? |
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16 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) What does Searle's thought experiment about Chevrolet station wagons show? |
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17 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) What is the point of Jackson's thought experiment about the color-challenged scientist? |
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18 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Is it possible to provide a complete account of the world in purely physical terms? Why or why not? |
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19 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Is folk psychology an inadequate psychological theory? Why or why not? |
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20 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Is eliminative materialism a good theory of mind? Why or why not? |
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21 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) What does it mean to say that intentionality is a primitive property? |
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22 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Explain the concept of downward causation and why it implies that human behavior cannot be explained in purely materialist terms. |
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23 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) How does contemporary property dualism differ from substance dualism? |
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24 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) How does the existence of downward causation help solve the problem of free will? |
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25 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Why does Searle's view of mental and physical properties seem to be a form of epiphenomenalism? |
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