Handout 6 Flashcards
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A primitive ontological scheme?
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Physical objects Properties Times Places Events Sets Propositions
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Ontological Scheme?
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An exclusive and exhaustive list of natural kinds of things
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Physical Object
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X is a physical object =df. is extended in space and time, and x has mass
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Mind?
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x is a mind =df. x is a spatially unextended thinking substance
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Physical property?
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F is a physical property =df. necessarily, if something, x, has f, then x is a physical object
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Mental property?
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F is a mental property =df. necessarily, if something, x, has f, then x is conscious
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A Typical Form Of Materialism
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1) each person is just a physical object (his/her own body)
2) there are no minds
3) each person (that is each human being) has mental as well as physical properties
