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Cognitive Science: Chapter 2 Flashcards

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What is Philosophy?

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Broadly, the study for wisdom and knowledge.

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What are the two branches of philosophy and define them.

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Metaphysics: Examines the nature of reality.
Epistemology: The study of knowledge.

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What is monism?

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Monism is a belief in which there is only one kind of state or substance in the universe, or there is only one kind of ultimate substance.

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What is dualism?

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Dualism is where one believes that both the mental and physical form substances are possible

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Philosophical behaviorism:

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How mental states react (behave) through tendencies under certain circumstances.

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What is idealism?

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Idealism is the unrealistic practice to reach one’s ideals (fantasy), or can be known as an illusion of reality.

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Physicalism/Materialism:

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The metaphysical thesis that states everything is made of atoms, or in other words, everything is physical. Nothing more or less.

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Eliminativism:

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Folk psychology:

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Multiple realization:

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Classical dualism:

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Substance Dualism:

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Property Dualism:

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Physical Kinds

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Functional kinds

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Functionalism

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Qualia

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Nature-nurture debate

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Nature

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Nurture

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Nativism

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Rationalism

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Empiricism

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Knowledge that is acquired through experience and observation

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Simple and Complex Ideas

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Reflexes

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Consciousness

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Awareness or perception of something by a person (no real definition according to textbook)

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Phenomenal concept of mind

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Idea of mind as a conscious experience

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Psychological concept of mind

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Sees mental states only in terms of how they cause and explain behavior

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Easy problem of consciousness

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Hard problem of consciousness

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Explanatory gap

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Reductionism

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A belief that everything can be explained by understanding its smaller parts (like addition)

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Emergence

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Emergent property

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Central processing unit (CPU)

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Homunculus

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Neural correlates of consciousness (NCCCs)

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Binocular rivalry

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Strong AI and Weak AI

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Chinese Room Scenario

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