Choose2examquestionsfromsection1ofthequestionslistfortheexam.Please(youmust!)includethequestiontextinyourdiscussionpost!EachQuestionmustbe200words.Section1:1.ExplaintheMind-BodyProblemintermsofeithertheoldschooland/ornewschoolperspective.Fromwhichsidedoyouseetheproblem(orboth)?Why?2.Explainwhytheproblemofotherminds(POOM)isaproblemforCartesianDualism.(WhydoesCDleadtothePOOM?).3.Supposethat,asDescartesclaimed,themindisindivisible.WouldthatlendcredibilitytothetheoryofCartesianDualism?Whyorwhynot?4.IsCartesianDualismconsistentwithmodernscience?Whyorwhynot?5.Usingthe"HeavenWithoutBodies"ThoughtProbe,explainwhatiswrongwithDescartes'sconceivabilityargument.6.InalettertoJohnAdamsdatedAugust15,1820,ThomasJeffersonwrote,“Totalkofimmaterialexistencesistotalkofnothings.Tosaythehumansoul,angels,godareimmaterialistosaytheyarenothingsorthatthereisnogod,noangels,nosoul.”Jeffersonsaystotalkofimmaterialobjectsistotalkofnothings.Doyouagree?Whyorwhynot?7.ExplainGilbertRyle'scategorymistakethoughtexperimentagainstsubstance(cartesian)dualism.8.Usingeitherthereasons/reasoningfromEmpiricism,explainwhyLogicalBehaviorismisappealing.9.Whatdoestheperfectpretender(orPutnam'sSuper-Spartans)thoughtexperimentshowaboutbehavioraldispositions?10.Whatreasonsdowehavetosubscribe/accepttoIdentityTheory?11.ExplainhowNagel'sbatthoughtexperimentattemptstoundermineidentitytheory.12.Explainthesignificanceofthefactthatbrainstatesareknowablebyempiricalinvestigationbutmentalstatesarenot.13.WhatdoesLewis'spainedMartian(orHilaryPutnam'sconsciouscomputer)thoughtexperimentshowabouttheidentitytheory?14.WhatdoesSearle'sChineseroomthoughtexperimentshow?

15.Isbeinginacertainfunctionalstateanecessaryorsufficientconditionforbeinginacertainmentalstate?Whyorwhynot?16.Supposethatarobotwascreatedwhosebehaviorwasindistinguishablefromthatofanormalhumanbeing.Shouldsucharobotbegiventhesamerightsasahumanbeing?Whyorwhynot?17.Supposethatanautopsywasperformedonanalienfoundinacrashedflyingsaucer,andsupposethatnoneofitsinternalorgansresembledabrain.Wouldthatshowthatitisn’tintelligent?Whyorwhynot?18.WhatisLewis’spainedmadmanthoughtexperiment?Whatisitmeanttoshow?19.ConsiderthevariousrepliestoSearle’sChineseroomthoughtexperiment.Whichdoyouthinkisthemostplausible?Why?20.PsychologistStevanHarnadhasproposedtheTotalTuringTestforartificialintelligence.Topassthistest,thecomputerbeingtestedwouldhavetobeabletodoeverythingthatanormalhumanbeingdoes,includingwalking,ridingabicycle,swimming,dancing,playingamusicalinstrument,andsoon.Onlyacomputerwitharobotbodycoulddothat.IspassingtheTotalTuringTesteithernecessaryorsufficientforbeingintelligentandthushavingamind?Whyorwhynot?21.Itispossibletomakeafullyfunctionalcomputeroutofsticks,stones,andtoiletpaper.Ifsuchacomputerranyourprogram,woulditbeyou?Whyorwhynot?22.WhatdoesSearle'sthoughtexperimentaboutChevroletstationwagonsshow?23.WhatisthepointofJackson'sthoughtexperimentaboutthecolor-challengedscientist?24.Isitpossibletoprovideacompleteaccountoftheworldinpurelyphysicalterms?Whyorwhynot?25.Isfolkpsychologyaninadequatepsychologicaltheory?Whyorwhynot?26.Canweeliminateallreferencestomentalstatesfromascientificaccountoftheworld?Whyorwhynot?27.Ispropertydualismamoreadequatetheoryofthemindthaneliminativematerialismorthereductivetheories?Whyorwhynot?28.Couldabeingwithnoconsciousexperience—azombie—doeverythingthatwecando?29.CouldtheMilkyWaygalaxybethebrainofanintelligentcreature?Istheclaimthatitisthebrainofanintelligentcreatureaplausibleone?Whyorwhynot?30.Doplacebosornocebosprovideagoodreasonforbelievingindownwardcausation?Cantheevidencebeexplainedwithoutpostulatingdownwardcausation?Ifso,how?