Physicalism Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What Are the main questions asked in the Philosophy of Mind? - ANSWER-What is the mind? Does Anyone have a mind? If you do have a mind then how is it connected to your brain? What are the two main views in the Philosophy of mind? What d - ANSWER-Dualistic views that the mind and brain are two separate substances and Physicalist views the mind is physical What are the five main views in Philosophy of Mind? What is the one additional view off of the spectrum? - ANSWER-Substance Dualism, prop...

Property - ANSWER-a way something is substance - ANSWER-a thing with properties mental property - ANSWER-a property science cannot study Quale - ANSWER-A particular kind of mental property: What its like to have an experience Mind - ANSWER-A substance with mental properties Physical property - ANSWER-A property that science can study Non-Physical Property - ANSWER-A property that science cannot study Physical Substance - ANSWER-A substance with at least some physical propert...

Physicalism - ANSWER-Mental states can be explained in terms of physical states. Physical states are more fundamental than mental states Dualism - ANSWER-Mental states and physical states are equally "real" and ontologically independent from each other Ontological - ANSWER-The argument of being Idealism - ANSWER-Mental states are more fundamental than physical states Substance Dualism - ANSWER-Minds are non-extended thinking substances. Mind substance is more difficult to describe ...

Mind Body Theory - ANSWER-Points of view that attempt to solve mind body problems, usually by claiming that one or many statements are inaccurate, or that a statement need not be dependant on another. Examples are monism, dualism, idealism, phyccialism, hylomorphism... Mind Body Problem - ANSWER-How mind and body are connected. How we can connect the scientific knowledge we have gained through experimentation to our own subjective first person view of the world. There are many examples that m...

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...

Cartesian dualism - ANSWER-Descartes's view that all of reality could ultimately be reduced to mind and matter. dualistic inter-actionsim - ANSWER-René Descartes, The view that there are two types of substances or realities in conscious beings, mind and matter, and that these interact with each other, the body producing mental events and the mind leading to physical actions. physicalism - ANSWER-(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality materialism - ANSWER...

phenomenal consciousness - ANSWER-A form of consciousness with a subjective experiential quality, as involved in perception, sensation, and emotion. 'What it is like' to experience such mental phenomena. access consciousness - ANSWER-A mental state available for "rational" control of speech and behavior in a wide variety of inferrences Is phenomenal consciousness access consciousness? - ANSWER-??? idk self-conscious - ANSWER-concept of a self and to apply that concept to oneself ...

Philosophy Areas of Study - correct answerMetaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social/political philosophy, aesthetics, and logic Philosophy - correct answerWonder, a dynamic process, wisdom, and truth "the love or persuit of wisdom) Philen - correct answerLove Sophia - correct answerWisdom Ultimate Aim of Philosophy - correct answer-to complete liberty of the mind -freedom from all social, political, or religious prejudice -to care for the well being of the soul - answer the ques...

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...

Intentional - ANSWER-Mental state in which there is a propositional attitude; often followed by the word "that" Qualitative - ANSWER-Qualia; how something looks, feels, smells, tastes Materialism - ANSWER-Idea that reality is entirely physical; also known as physicalism Dualism - ANSWER-Reality is made up of physical and non-physical stuff Substance Dualism - ANSWER-A person is comprised of a physical body with all and only physical properties; & a non physical mind with all & only...