, Question Content Pro Contra
• Substance-dualism: the mind and the body are
independent of each other;
• Idealism: the physical world is dependent on the
mental world;
• Behaviorism: the mind is behavior;
• Reductionism / identity theory: mental states are
certain brain states;
• Eliminativism: there' s no mind;
• Functionalism: mental states are realized by brain
states;
• Connectionism: mental states are states in a neural
network;
• Embodied & Embedded (& even Extended) mind:
there's more to mind than brain.
Question 1: What is • Phenomenal experiences
the conscious • Qualia
mind? • What-it-is-likeness
• Qualitative aspects
• Cognitive experiences
• Intentionality
• Aboutness
• Propositional attitude (discrete entities)
• Emotion
• Qualia and Intentionality
• Conscious/ unconscious mind
• Mental states can become conscious
• Mind-body problems
• How do qualia fit into the physical world?
• How does intentionality fit into the physical
world?
• Consciousness