Epiphenomenalism - Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Test 4 PHY 113 – Metaphysics Qs&As Difference between metaphysical questions and other philosophical questions - ANS-metaphysical questions will focus on distinguishing what is real or not The pre-Socratic philosophers asked: - ANS-What is ultimate reality? AND Are appearance and reality the same? The key question of metaphysics is - ANS-What does reality consist of? (In other words what is included and excluded in the sum total of all that is) reality - ANS-the sum total of all that...

Epiphenomenalism - ANSWER-A mind-body philosophy marked by the belief that basic physical events are causal with respect to mental events. Mental events are viewed as completely dependent on physical functions and, as such, have no independent existence or causal efficacy; it is a mere appearance. Fear seems to make the heart beat faster, but according to Epiphenomenalism, the state of the nervous system causes the heart to beat faster. Qualia - ANSWER-A term used to refer to individual insta...

Phil 201 Final Exam Questions 2024. Which of the following would be considered a mental state, rather than a non-mental physical state? - CORRECT ANSWER All of the above. True or false: having a broken foot would be an example of a mental state. - CORRECT ANSWER False The attribute or property dualist would reject which of the following claims? - CORRECT ANSWER Mental states are properties of a non-physical substance. True or false: according to the property dualist, all mental pro...

Dualism - ANSWER--mind and body are distinct -material vs. immaterial "stuff" -substance vs. property Substance Dualism - ANSWER--mind and matter -can survive death of body -beliefs and desires are separate from physical material Property Dualism - ANSWER--material and not material properties -could not survive death of body -beliefs, desires, and physical material altogether Forms of Dualism - ANSWER-interactionism, epiphenomenalism, parallelism Interactionism - ANSWER--mos...

The approach to writing a history of psychology that combines the best of several approaches is referred to as - Electicism Persistent observations that a currently accepted paradigm cannot explain is called - An anomaly Popper disagrees with the traditional view that scientific activity starts with - Empirical observation Explaining phenomena after they have already occurred is called - Post diction According to the author of your text, contemporary psychology is - A multiparadigmat...

The ___ tends to assume that the human mind takes information passively Empiricist a consistently observed relationship between two or more classes of empirical events defines a Scientific Law The contention that what we experience mentally accurately reflects the physical world is called:a. epiphenomenalismb. naive realismc. irrationalismd. preestablished harmony Naive realism If any conceivable observation supports a theory, Popper would conclude that the theory is: weak Which of the follo...

*Monist Theory*, what do they believe? - ANSWER-Believe there's only one kind of stuff in the world. Basically there is no distinction between physical and mental state. *Dualist Theory*, what do they believe? - ANSWER-Believe there's two kinds of stuff in the world. Mental and physical. The main issue with this theory is that basically, in the end, the mental state affecting the physical and vice versa is never explained so is widely rejected. *Materialists*, is a set of theories that b...

Epistemology - Answer The study of knowledge. Metaphysics - Answer The study of reality in the broad sense (inquiry into the elemental nature of the universe and things in it). Logic - Answer The study of correct reasoning. Axiology - Answer The study of value, including both aesthetic and moral value. Ethics - Answer The study of moral value (involves inquiries into the nature of moral judgments, virtues,values, obligations and theories). Aesthetics - Answer The study of beauty a...

Explain the old fact/new guise physicalist response to the knowledge argument. (1) Knowledge Argument - - Frank Jackson - Mary scenario (black, white, gray room with a TV where she learns every physical detail possible) - She leaves room and experiences colors (sees a red tomato) - Objection to physicalism in favor of dualism: She does learn new things when leaving the room - Physicalism cannot explain phenomenal consciousness (the subjective experience of sensations such as color) Expla...

PSYC 375 UNIT1 WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Thomas Kuhn - CORRECT ANSWER-Believed that the activities of members of a scientific community are governed by a shared set of beliefs called a paradigm. This paradigmatic, or normal, science continues until an existing paradigm is displaced by another paradigm. Karl Popper - CORRECT ANSWER-Saw scientific method as having three components: problems, proposed solutions to the problems (theories), and criticisms of the proposed solu...