Deck 3: Consciousness and Philosophy of Mind

Question 1

Consciousness is:

A)subjective
B)objective
C)relative
D)universalistic

Answer 1

subjective

Question 2

"Human beings are immaterial minds within material bodies". This vies is called:

A)pluralism
B)dualism
C)monism
D)parallelism

Answer 2

dualism

Question 3

Who is the first philosophical figure of Modern European philosophy advocated Mind-body Dualism?

A)Rene Descartes
B)Hume
C)Spinoza
D)Leibniz

Answer 3

Rene Descartes

Question 4

A cording to Descartes ---------------- is the basic feature of mind.

A)figure
B)solidity
C)extension
D)thought

Question 5

According to Descartes -------------------- makes mind very different from body.

A)ability to extend
B)ability to develop
C)ability to think
D)ability to execute

Question 6

Descartes argues -------------------- is necessary for self.

A)thinking
B)compounding
C)extension
D)evaluating

Question 7

According to Descartes thinking is the ------------ of self.

A)quality
B)essence
C)sign
D)result

Question 8

Descartes theory of mind body relation is known as:

A)psychophysical parallelism
B)occasionalism
C)interactionism
D)pre-established

Question 9

-------------- considered as the one of the pioneers of the view that only material body exists.

A)Hobbes
B)Descartes
C)Spinoza
D)Malebranche

Question 10

"We should able to explain the operations of mind in terms of the working of the body". Who among the following proposed this view?

A)Spinoza
B)Descartes
C)Hobbes
D)Malebranche

Question 11

"We should able to explain the operations of mind in terms of the working of the body". This position is called:

A)idealism
B)materialism
C)dualism
D)skepticism

Question 12

"The process such as thought and life really nothing more than physical and chemical process". This position is called:

A)reductionism
B)inclusivenism
C)radicalism
D)none of these

Question 13

'States of consciousness are identical with the states of brain'. This theory is called:

A)behaviorist theory
B)reductionist theory
C)dualistic theory
D)identity

Question 14

Who is the prime proponent of Identity theory?

A)Malebranche
B)J. J. C. Smart
C)Hobbes
D)Putnam

Question 15

'There are no nonphysical entities and nonphysical laws'. Who said this?

A)Malebranche
B)J. J. C. Smart
C)Hobbes
D)Putnam

Question 16

'Experience is a brain process'. This view is related to:

A)behaviorist theory
B)reductionist theory
C)dualistic theory
D)identity

Question 17

Which among the following is an AI language?

A)ict
B)lisp
C)iflinet
D)prolet

Question 18

'Mental phenomena like thought cannot be identical with brain phenomena'. Who asserted this view?

A)Malebranche
B)J. J. C. Smart
C)Norman Malcolm
D)Putnam

Question 19

Who among the following is treated as the strong opponent of Identical theory?

A)Malebranche
B)Norman Malcolm
C)Hobbes
D)Putnam

Question 20

According to J.J. C. Smart the identity between brain state and mental state is:

A)categorical
B)conditional
C)contingent
D)contradictory

Question 21

----------- began as school of psychology.

A)dualism
B)behaviorism
C)reductionism
D)identity theory

Question 22

School of psychology that restricted the study of humans what can be observed is called:

A)reductionism
B)identity theory
C)epiphenomenalism
D)behaviorism

Question 23

''We can explain mental activities in terms of people's behaviours'. This position is called:

A)dualism
B)behaviorism
C)reductionism
D)identity theory

Question 24

Who among the following is a behaviorist philosopher?

A)Gilbert Ryle
B)G. E. Moore
C)Norman Malcolm
D)Malebranche

Question 25

For the behaviorists the mind is nothing more than:

A)behavior
B)bodily behavior
C)mental behavior
D)mental dispositions