Philosophy final – Trial(Quizzes&
solns)BRAND-NEW 2025 |code 2112
True or False? Smart denies that to say "I have a yellowish orange after-image" is to
report something irreducibly psychical. - answer-true
According to Block, the Chinese brain system has _____.
(a) no mental states
(b) minimal consciousness
(c) mental states
(d) minimal awareness - answer-no mental states
True or False? Block says that the Chinese brain has a functional organization that
brings a mind into existence. - answer-false
Descartes says that the chief characteristic of physical things is that _____.
(a) they do not have extension
(b) they have extension
(c) they cannot be measured
(d) science can study them - answer-they have extension
When Descartes reasons that it is conceivable that he could exist without his body and
that whatever is conceivable is logically possible he is offering _____.
(a) a probability argument
(b) a possibility argument
(c) a conceivability argument
(d) a divisibility argument - answer-conceivability argument
True or False? Cartesian dualism says that the mind is identical with the body. -
answer-false
True or False? Functionalism posits the existence of an immaterial substance. - answer-
false
Chalmers argues that his zombie is _____.
(a) not conceivable
(b) actual
(c) impossible
(d) conceivable - answer-conceivable
Searle argues that the Chinese room thought experiment shows that _____.
(a) the claims of strong AI are plausible
(b) computers can understand stories
(c) computers can understand Chinese
, (d) the claims of strong AI are not plausible - answer-the claims of strong Al are not
plausible
True or False? Chalmers' arguments lead us inevitably to Cartesian dualism. - answer-
false
Substance dualism is said to violate the scientific principle of _____.
(a) dualistic action
(b) the causal closure of the physical
(c) action at a distance
(d) behaviorism - answer-causal closure of the physical
True or False? Taylor thinks that soft determinism is true to our moral intuitions. -
answer-false
The view that what will be will be, and no human actions can change it, is known as
_____.
(a) determinism
(b) futurism
(c) soft determinism
(d) fatalism - answer-fatalism
True or False? D'Holbach asserts that when we deliberate about a choice, our decision
is free and undetermined. - answer-false
True or False? Rowe says that progress in the philosophical study of free will is not
possible. - answer-false
According to Taylor, hard determinism conflicts with _____.
(a) scientific determinism
(b) the findings of science
(c) the fact of deliberation and our sense that some actions are up to us
(d) the fact of deliberation and indeterminism - answer-the fact of deliberation and our
sense that some actions are up to us
According to d'Holbach, people always act according to _____.
(a) dictates of the soul
(b) necessary natural laws
(c) free choices
(d) undetermined will - answer-necessary natural laws
True or False? Taylor rejects soft determinism. - answer-true
True or False? Sartre says that man is condemned to be free. - answer-true
solns)BRAND-NEW 2025 |code 2112
True or False? Smart denies that to say "I have a yellowish orange after-image" is to
report something irreducibly psychical. - answer-true
According to Block, the Chinese brain system has _____.
(a) no mental states
(b) minimal consciousness
(c) mental states
(d) minimal awareness - answer-no mental states
True or False? Block says that the Chinese brain has a functional organization that
brings a mind into existence. - answer-false
Descartes says that the chief characteristic of physical things is that _____.
(a) they do not have extension
(b) they have extension
(c) they cannot be measured
(d) science can study them - answer-they have extension
When Descartes reasons that it is conceivable that he could exist without his body and
that whatever is conceivable is logically possible he is offering _____.
(a) a probability argument
(b) a possibility argument
(c) a conceivability argument
(d) a divisibility argument - answer-conceivability argument
True or False? Cartesian dualism says that the mind is identical with the body. -
answer-false
True or False? Functionalism posits the existence of an immaterial substance. - answer-
false
Chalmers argues that his zombie is _____.
(a) not conceivable
(b) actual
(c) impossible
(d) conceivable - answer-conceivable
Searle argues that the Chinese room thought experiment shows that _____.
(a) the claims of strong AI are plausible
(b) computers can understand stories
(c) computers can understand Chinese
, (d) the claims of strong AI are not plausible - answer-the claims of strong Al are not
plausible
True or False? Chalmers' arguments lead us inevitably to Cartesian dualism. - answer-
false
Substance dualism is said to violate the scientific principle of _____.
(a) dualistic action
(b) the causal closure of the physical
(c) action at a distance
(d) behaviorism - answer-causal closure of the physical
True or False? Taylor thinks that soft determinism is true to our moral intuitions. -
answer-false
The view that what will be will be, and no human actions can change it, is known as
_____.
(a) determinism
(b) futurism
(c) soft determinism
(d) fatalism - answer-fatalism
True or False? D'Holbach asserts that when we deliberate about a choice, our decision
is free and undetermined. - answer-false
True or False? Rowe says that progress in the philosophical study of free will is not
possible. - answer-false
According to Taylor, hard determinism conflicts with _____.
(a) scientific determinism
(b) the findings of science
(c) the fact of deliberation and our sense that some actions are up to us
(d) the fact of deliberation and indeterminism - answer-the fact of deliberation and our
sense that some actions are up to us
According to d'Holbach, people always act according to _____.
(a) dictates of the soul
(b) necessary natural laws
(c) free choices
(d) undetermined will - answer-necessary natural laws
True or False? Taylor rejects soft determinism. - answer-true
True or False? Sartre says that man is condemned to be free. - answer-true
