Low mood - philosophy of mind

Question 1

What is the mind?

Answer 1

• mind is very different to body (Dualism)

- mind is complex example of the physical body (monism)

Question 2

What is autism spectrum disorder?

Answer 2

-lifelong developmental disorder characterised by differences in social interaction, receptive routines, behaviours and interests

Question 3

What is dualism?

Answer 3

• mind and body are separate
• prioritisation of thought over body
• rationalism (value of reason and thought over physical and emotional experience)

Question 4

What is idealist monism?

Answer 4

mind and body are both just imagined ideas

Question 5

What is materialist monism?

Answer 5

mind and body are both just material things

Question 6

Arguments for materialism in philosophy of mind?

Answer 6

• mind is a computer program generated by mechanical computer, the hardware or wetware of brain
• computer sufficiently complex should be capable of thought

Question 7

Arguments against materialism in philosophy of mind?

Answer 7

• ‘chinese room’ thought experiment

- computer manipulates symbols according to rule, does not generate meaning or mind

Question 8

What is capgras syndome?

Answer 8

• delusion of doubles featuring a loss of affective response to familiar faces
• recognise people as we generate meanings associated with them

Question 9

What is mirror agnosia?

Answer 9

• failure to acknowledge the existence of neglected side in hemineglect syndrome following presentation of a mirror
• generate subjective understanding of world

Question 10

What is phenomenology?

Answer 10

construct the world based on our own subjective interpretation of external events

Question 11

What comes under biological factors in the biopsychosocial model of depression?

Answer 11

• age
• gender
• genetics
• physiologic reactions
• tissue health

Question 12

What comes under the psychological section of the biopsychosocial model of depression?

Answer 12

• mental health
• emotional health
• beliefs and expectations

Question 13

What comes under the sociological section of the biopsychosocial model of depression?

Answer 13

• interpersonal relationships
• social support dynamics
• socioeconomics

Question 14

Conditions where mind and body influence each other?

Answer 14

• chronic fatigue
• hypochondriasis
• non cardiac chest pain
• EDS
• IBS
• Tinnitus