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what can we know about the mind? Flashcards

1
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what is phenomena?

A

the world as we experience it

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2
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what is noumena?

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the world as it is

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3
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what do space, time and causality do?

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they mediate experience, make it possible

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4
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what enters our mind?

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combinations of experience and forms of experience

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5
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can we know the source of an experience?

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no, we never experience it purely

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what is dualism?

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the mind and body can influence each other

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7
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what can you doubt in dualism?

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the existence of the body, but not the mind

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8
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what is a critique of dualism?

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how and where is the interaction taking place between the body and the mind?

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what is epiphenomenalism?

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the body can influence the mind

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what does the brain do in epiphenomenalism?

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it creates mental events that cannot influence behaviour

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what does epiphenomenalism imply about autonomy?

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there is no free will

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12
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what is double aspectism?

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the mind and body are different ways of looking at the same thing, there is no division between the two

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13
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what does double aspectism imply about physical objects?

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panpsychism - assumes all physical objects have a brain

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14
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what is materialism?

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the body and mind is an illusion, there is only a brain

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15
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what are mental events according to materialism?

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they are chemistry and physics

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16
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what does materialism imply about autonomy?

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there is no free will

17
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what is a critique of materialism?

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why and how do we feel mental events?

18
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what is parallelism?

A

what happens to the mind happens to the body, there is no interaction

19
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what is a critique of parallelism?

A

it doesnt explain the effects of physical actions on mental events

20
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what is idealism?

A

there is only a mind, the world is an illusion

21
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what is cartesian theatre?

A

the mind is reacting to a projection of an outside world on a screen

22
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what does cartesian theatre imply about the existence of an outside world?

A

we only experience a copy of the outside world, we do not experience it directly

23
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what is a critique of cartesian theatre?

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is the copy true to the original or of something at all?

24
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what is Michael Graziano’s first principle about consciousness?

A

the brain constructs a bundle of info to make you believe you possess an intangible experience

25
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what is Michael Graziano’s second principle about consciousness?

A

the brain’s models are inaccurate, meaning the bundles of info created are inaccurate

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