According to Churchland, humans' evolutionary history counts against dualism because
A) there is neither need nor room in the evolutionary account of our origins for non-physical substances or properties.
B) our evolutionary relationship to dolphins, mice, and even houseflies entails that if we have the ability to reason, all other animals do, too.
C) dualism depends on religious explanations of the mind and the theory of evolution undermines all such religious explanations.
D) it means we cannot explain why we have emotions and conscious experiences but very complicated computers do not.
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Q24: According to epiphenomenalism, mental phenomena are
A) events
Q25: Property dualism is the view that
A) brains
Q26: Which of the following does Churchland not
Q27: According to Churchland, the "argument from irreducibility"
Q28: According to Churchland, the most decisive argument
Q30: Churchland's main goal in this chapter is
A)
Q31: Why did Nagel choose to illustrate his
Q32: Do you agree with Nagel's claim that
Q33: Does Nagel's discussion raise a problem for
Q34: Human beings do not have experiences.
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