HC 2

Question 1

Monism

Answer 1

The view that there is only substance in the world

Question 2

Dispositions

Answer 2

Behavioral patterns that are displayed under certain circumstances

Question 3

Materialism (Physicalism)

Answer 3

The view that only the physical substance exists, everything, including the mind, is physical

Question 4

Idealism

Answer 4

Another kind of monism put forward by George Berkley, wherein, only the res cogitans (mental substance) exists

Question 5

Primary Properties

Answer 5

Properties that do not depend on our perception, e.g., height, temperature, etc.

Question 6

Secondary Properties

Answer 6

Properties that depend on our perception, e.g., how hot or cold water feels, color, etc.

Question 7

Esse est percipi

Answer 7

To be is to be perceived

Question 8

What is Behaviorism’s answer to the mind-body problem?

Answer 8

To categorize it as a pseudo-problem, category mistakes

Question 9

What do behaviorists claim in regards to the use of subjective terms in language?

Answer 9

All sentences that contain any subjective terms that relate to the mind, like pain, can paraphrased without loss of meaning
E.g., “John has toothache” can paraphrased to “If John is offered painkillers, he will take them”