Midterm 1.2

Question 1

mind-body dualism

Answer 1

the mind is a spiritual entity that is not affected by physical laws and causal factors from the rest of the body/natural world
- cannot be studies with traditional sceicne

Question 2

monism

Answer 2

the mind is a product of the physical events that affect the body (e.g. chemical rxns in our brain produce emotions)
- can be studied with a science perspective

Question 3

what is the opposite of mind-body dualism

Answer 3

monism

Question 4

british empiricism

Answer 4

all ideas/knowledge are gained empirically (through senses/observation)

more effective to understand than with only reason (may be misleading susceptible to errors)

Question 5

localization of function

Answer 5

specific brain regions mediate particular behaviours/experiences (e.g. back brain dmg -> visual impairment)

Question 6

pyschophysics

Answer 6

how perceptual experiences related to physical stimuli (e.g. loudness, intensity)

Question 7

Darwin’s theory of evolution

Answer 7

the mind is not a spiritual entity, but rather the product of evolution (adaptation, mutation)