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T1-Philosophy of mind Flashcards

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Analogy

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A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way.

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Characteristica unviersalis

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Leibniz’s idea of a universal language of logic.

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Materialism

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The idea that the mind is part of the material body.

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Dualism

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The idea that the mind and the body are separate.

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Empiricism

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The idea that we only know things through experience.

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The mind-body problem

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The mind-body problem argues about nature and the relationship between the mind and the body.

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Who came up with the theory of the ship of Theseus?

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Plutarch and Descartes later developed this.

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What idea did Richard Dawkins use?

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The idea that there is no separate mind or soul.

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Rationalism

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The idea that we can only know things through logic.

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Solipsism

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The idea that nothing exists except our own mind.

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Turning Test

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A test to find whether a machine is intelligent.

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Who said ‘Cogito ergo sum therefore I am’?

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Renee Descartes

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Who said “the philosopher more than other men freeze this souls of association with the body as much as possible“?

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Plato

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Who said “man is a machine “?

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Julian Offray de la mettrie

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Who said “there is no spirit-driven life force, no throbbing, heaving pullulating, protoplasmic, mystic jelly. Life is bytes and bytes and bytes of digital information. “?

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Richard Dawkins

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Who used an analytical argument to suggest that we can know that other people had minds?

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J.S mil

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Who suggested that there may be a universal logical language, scientists think if machines can learn this, they could be like humans.

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Gottfried Leibniz

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Do you materialists think that it is possible to create a mind in AI?

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Yes, materialists approach suggests that there may be possible to create a mind.

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In the mind-body problem, what do materialists argue?

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Materialists argue that the mind is part of the body. It is not a different substance, Instead, it is often associated with the brain.

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Mindbody problem what do dualists Argue?

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Dualists argue that the mind and body are separate substances.

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