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self, death + afterlife Flashcards

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What was Plato?

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A dualist

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What did Plato call the body in Phaedo (quote)?

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“The body is a source of endless troubles”

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What did Plato believe the Forms were?

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Eternal, perfect, timeless + metaphysical

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What did Aristotle believe?

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The soul + body are separate

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What does Aristotle say about the example of the eye?

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Sight gives the eye its purpose
The soul gives the body its purpose

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Why is Aristotle a monist?

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The soul is expressed through the body, so how can they be separated? They’re locked together

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What was Descartes?

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Dualist

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How did Descartes term the body?

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Res extensa (extended thing)

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How did Descartes term the soul/mind?

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Res cognita (mental substance)

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What do Descartes 3 proofs do?

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To show the soul can exist wo the body

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What are the 3 proof from Descartes?

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  • Argument from Doubt
  • Argument from divisibility + non divisibility
  • Argument from clear + distinct perception
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What did Descartes say in his argument from doubt?

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‘Cogito ergo sum’ - I think therefore I am
I can doubt I have a body but I can’t doubt that I have a mind, bc then how would I be able to doubt?

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Why might Descartes argument from doubt not work?

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The body makes the brain function, making the mind function

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What is Descartes’ argument from divisibility + non divisibility?

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  • All bodies are extended in space + divisible
  • Minds aren’t divisible
  • Minds are therefore diff from body
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What e.g. can we use for the argument from divisibility + non divisibility?

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Cutting off a limb would remove 20% of the body, but 20% of the mind would remain

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Why might Descartes’ argument from divisibility + non divisibility not work?

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When the brain is damaged the mind can be damaged, so to an extend is ‘divided’

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What is Descartes’ argument from clear + distinct perception?

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If I can perceive myself as 2 diff kinds of things, its prob bc God created me as 2 diff kinds of things
God is perfect so he wouldn’t mislead me

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Why might Descartes’ argument from clear + distinct perception not work?

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He assumes God

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Who devised the Ghost in the Machine analogy?

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Gilbert Ryle

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What does Gilbert Ryle say about the Ghost in the Machine?

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The soul isn’t smth that can be pointed out
Just like how we can’t point out team spirit in a sports game

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What did Ryle believe belief in a soul was? What is this?

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A category error
A prob of lang when things are talked about as if they belong to 1 category when they acc belong to another

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What does Hume say about soul substance? ( as argument against Descartes’ arg)

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‘Soul substance’ solves nth bc claiming conscience comes from non-material is circular bc thought may have material explanation

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What does Dawkins believe about the soul?

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Hard materialist; there is o soul; we live on through memories + DNA

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What does Dawkins say about death?

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We don’t fear pre-birth or the feeling of being unborn; death is the same as being unborn

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What did Descartes suggest about the pineal gland?

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The pineal gland was the point where the mind controlled the body

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Why doesn’t Descartes arg. about the pineal gland work?

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Modern anatomy shows the gland is associated w production of melatonin which reg. sleep rhythm

27
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What does Physicalism mean?

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There’s no body/soul relationship

28
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What does physicalism argue? Give example of the reductive philosophy?

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Everything can be explained in terms of matter
Water reduces to H20
Mind reduces to brain

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What does physicalism seem to explain?

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Old age sometimes leads to progressive brain damage
Intoxication causes surroundings to distort
Excitement leads to pulse increase

30
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What will physicalists believe about love?

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Love is just a chemical reaction in the brain

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What is functionalism?

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Physicalist theory

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What does functionalism argue?

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The mind is seen as an information processing system; like a computer program

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What is an example of functionalism?

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Heart pumps blood around body

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How can we use a thermostat to explain functionalism in the body?

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Thermostat func. ~ keep alive/think
Input ~ blood/energy/signals
Output ~ breathing/thoughts etc

35
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What does Functionalism use instead of soul?

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Mind

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What does the thermostat example show?

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Output wouldn’t be possible if you were dead/in a coma; so the mind + body are connected

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What do functionalists think the mind is?

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Mind = function of brain
Brain = part of body

38
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What is dual-aspect monism?

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Monist - claims that there’s only one entity

39
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What is qualia?

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Qualities of subj. experience
Smell of coffee, pain of paper cut

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What do dual aspect monists believe about qualia?

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It can’t be. refused to a chemical process in the brain

41
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What comes under the possibility of psychological continuity after death?

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Parfits Bundle theory
Dennett’s survival bc uploading brain info to a diff platform

42
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What does Parfit describe changes?

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We’re psychologically + spatiotemporally connected w past + future states of existence BUT body, memory + personality changes

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Where does the bundle come into Parfits Bundle theory?

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We’re a bundle of everything we’ve experienced, out ago, changes, memory, personality, illness

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What is continuity in the bundle theory?

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Connection to our past selves but we’ll be diff
We would’ve had experiences in 1 hr that make us diff to who we were before that hr

45
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What does Parfitt say about death?

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We don’t live on after death bc the physical body + brain die + a person’s mems + personality die w them

46
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How does Parfitt say we live on?

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Through connectedness w children + friends but no deeper level of self remains

47
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What does Dennett say about survival by uploading brain onto a diff platform?

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A human brains data can be stored + run on a diff platform, providing psychological continuity

48
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What theory is Dennetts theory?

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Functionalism

49
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What did hick believe about humans?

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Humans are a unity; when the body dies, the soul dies

50
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What is the first case of Hick’s replica theory?

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A living person transported from one part of the world to another

51
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What is the second case of Hick’s replica theory?

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A dead person in 1 part of the world + appearance of a ‘replica’ in another

52
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What is the third case of Hick’s replica theory?

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A dead person on earth but appearance as a resurrected person in another sphere

53
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Which scholars + theories come under the possibility of the existence after death as a conscious self?

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Plato - immortality of the soul
Price - disembodied souls
Swinburne - light bulb arg

54
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How did Price view the afterlife?

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Mind based

55
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What did Price say about disembodied souls?

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The afterlife could be dreamlike; souls communicate telepathically wo need for a body

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What did Swinburne say about mental states + soul states?

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Soul is diff from brain
Whether embodied, or disembodied it can survive death + retain memories w the same identity, it just needs smth to replace the function performed by the brain on earth

57
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What are commonly occurring features of NDEs?

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Out of body experience, tunnel toward bright life, meeting deceased loved ones, immense peace etc

58
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What are 2 points that show NDEs to be NOT useful evidence?

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  • The individuals aren’t acc death
  • The brain experiences hallucinations due to medication or brains lack of oxygen etc
59
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What are 2 points that show NDEs to be useful evidence?

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  • Ppl w no optic nerves have sometimes reported sighted NDEs
  • Transformation of lives afterwards

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