Philosophy of Mind

Question 1

Ontology

Answer 1

The study of what exists or ‘being’.

Question 2

Qualia

Answer 2

Phenomenal properties understood as intrinsic and non-representational properties of mental states.

Question 3

Introspection

Answer 3

Direct, first-personal awareness of one’s own mental states.

Question 4

Intrinsic/extrinsic

Answer 4

Distinction in the properties of things. The intrinsic properties of a thing are those which it has in and of itself e.g. the size of an object
Its extrinsic features are those which it has only in relation to something else e.g. the function of a mental state.

Question 5

Epiphenomenalism

Answer 5

The theory that mental states and events are epiphenomena, by-products, the effects of some physical process, but with no casual influence of their own.