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Qualitative content is what you get out of spending quality time with someone.

A) True
B) False

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Ryle calls dualism the "dogma of the Ghost in the Machine."

A) True
B) False

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Materialism has trouble accounting for


A) the interaction of mind and body.
B) the existence of physical objects.
C) the existence of consciousness.
D) the existence of motion.

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Could a zombie (a creature with no consciousness and thus no feelings) do everything we can do? Why or why not?

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Descartes' Mechanical Moron thought experiment is intended to show that human beings and machines have equivalent abilities.

A) True
B) False

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Folk psychology is the view that


A) most folks need psychological help.
B) most psychological problems are caused by other folks.
C) actions can be explained in terms of beliefs and desires.
D) actions can be explained in terms of reward and punishment.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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According to functionalism, something does not have to be alive in order to think.

A) True
B) False

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One of the problems with Cartesian dualism is that


A) it cannot explain perception.
B) it cannot explain emotions.
C) it cannot explain reason.
D) it cannot explain mind/body interaction.

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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The term "category mistake" is associated with the view of John Locke.

A) True
B) False

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According to Gilbert Ryle, it is a category mistake to think that minds are things because minds are


A) immaterial spirits.
B) brains.
C) microscopically small bodies.
D) patterns of behavior.

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Searle's Brain Replacement thought experiment is intended to show that both the identity theory and logical behaviorism are FALSE.

A) True
B) False

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Jacquette's Intentionality Test thought experiment is intended to show that


A) the intentional content of mental states is reducible to physical or functional properties.
B) intentionality is not a primitive property.
C) what our thoughts are about is determined by features of them other than their intentionality.
D) what our thoughts are about is not determined by any feature of them other than their intentionality.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Nagel's Bat thought experiment is intended to show that


A) mental states cannot be identical to physical states.
B) it's possible to know everything about the mind by knowing everything about the brain.
C) mental states are identical to brain states.
D) mental states are behavioral states.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following do Cartesian dualists reject?


A) that minds and bodies exist.
B) that minds and bodies can exist independently of each other.
C) that minds exist in time.
D) that minds exist in space.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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