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HC 1 Flashcards

Substance Dualism

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Qualia

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Qualitative aspects of experiences, like tasting coffee

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What-it-is-likeness

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Refers to the subjective, first-person experience or consciousness of an individual

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Separability Thesis

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The idea that the mind can exist and function separately from the physical world

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Substance

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Something that can exist its own

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Proposition

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Refers to the meaning of a sentence

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Cognitive States

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Mental states characterized by possessing intentionality

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Emotional States

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Mental states characterized by both what-it-is-likeness and aboutness, like falling in love, it is directed towards someone

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What are the two mind-body problems?

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  1. How do qualia fit into the physical world?
  2. How does intentionality fit into the physical world?
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Cogito ergo sum

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I think therefore I am

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Michel de Montaigne

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A famous French skeptic

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Res cogitans

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The thinking substance

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Res extensa

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The physical substance

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What is movement acc. to Descartes?

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Movement occurs due to a collision between two physical substances (particles)

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Occasionalism

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A philosophy wherein God is responsible for the interaction between the mind and the body.
Our thoughts give God the occasion to move our bodies to enable sensation

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Parallelism

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A philosophy wherein God put into motion our minds and bodies in parallel to each other.
Think two clocks put in motion at the same time

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Conceptual Analyses

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Philosophy informing us about the relationship between world views

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Two kinds of world views

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  1. Manifest World View
  2. Scientific World View
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Manifest World View

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Everyday world view, e.g., a glass of water

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Scientific World View

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Scientific world view backed by scientific research, e.g., H2O molecules make water

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Conceptual Clarification

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Clarifying what someone means by a particular concept, e.g., attention
Very similar to conceptual analyses
Conceptual clarification goes further, science tells more about the concept and differentiation between analyses

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The Science of Validity

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Questions scientists’ use of concepts of causality

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What does Philosophy strive towards?

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Philosophers want to know what is meant by our concepts, they want ensure said concepts are applied appropriately and draw valid inferences

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Metaphysics

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A discipline within philosophy that goes beyond physics

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Radical Doubt

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Descartes’ first method to gain knowledge about the world, wherein, he doubted everything and anything

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Causal Closure

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No energy is entering or leaving the system (physical world)
Think conservation of energy in physics

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