PHL 101 Final Exam Questions With Complete Solutions

What is the version of relativism about aesthetics judgments known as emotivism? correct answer: Relative to Individual What leads David Hume to doubt the existence of a self? correct answer: Can never observe anything but the perception What are some of the complications of the Soul Theory of identity? correct answer: - What features of a person are determined by their "soul"? - Could you undergo a soul switch and never know it? What are some of the complications of grounding personal identity in a Memory Theory of Personal Identity? correct answer: -Inconsistency objection: What if you lose all memory some part of your life? Same person? -Amnesia? -False Memories? Why might Parfit's Transporter tale (readings) spell trouble for a Psychological Continuity Theory of Identity? correct answer: - If you duplicate yourself, are there 2 you's? or a copy of you? - Maybe personal identity completes of the complete psychological package that makes you, you. What are the two "nuclear options for dealing with doubts about continuity or very existence of the self, one expressed by Hume, and the other by Herclitus? (EP) correct answer: - Option 1: Giving up the cherished belief in the self (never observable, inescapable) - Option 2: I'm not the same person. Continuity of the self is a myth. I have a self, but it is in constant flux. Why might the principle of using Occam's razor lead one to cast doubt on the Soul Theory of identity? correct answer: What is Sidney Shoemaker's example involving "Brownson" supposed to show regarding a revised body theory of identity? correct answer: Where our brains go, so go we. (Brain transplant idea) Self as a Self-Organizing Process correct answer: It's not about the "stuff" that comprises you, but a state of being/properties that emerge from that stuff. Be able to explain Descartes' inconceivability and indivis