Chapter 5 - Consciousness Flashcards
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Consciousness
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Subjective experience of the world
2
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Phenomenology
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Study of how things seem to the conscious person
3
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Problem of other minds
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Fundamental difficulty in perceiving consciousness of others
4
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People judge minds in several ways
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- Capacity for experience
- Capacity for agency
5
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Experience
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The feelings, emotions, things a human has experienced
6
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Agency
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the sense of control in life, the capacity to influence your thoughts
7
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Mind-Body Problem
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- Addresses how the mind is related to the brain and body
EX. when someone is sad (mind) they cry (brain + body)
8
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Descartes (Mind body problem)
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Suggested that the mind affects the brain via PINEAL GLAND (incorrect)
9
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Contemporary View (Mind Body Problem)
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