what can we know about the mind? Flashcards
what is phenomena?
the world as we experience it
what is noumena?
the world as it is
what do space, time and causality do?
they mediate experience, make it possible
what enters our mind?
combinations of experience and forms of experience
can we know the source of an experience?
no, we never experience it purely
what is dualism?
the mind and body can influence each other
what can you doubt in dualism?
the existence of the body, but not the mind
what is a critique of dualism?
how and where is the interaction taking place between the body and the mind?
what is epiphenomenalism?
the body can influence the mind
what does the brain do in epiphenomenalism?
it creates mental events that cannot influence behaviour
what does epiphenomenalism imply about autonomy?
there is no free will
what is double aspectism?
the mind and body are different ways of looking at the same thing, there is no division between the two
what does double aspectism imply about physical objects?
panpsychism - assumes all physical objects have a brain
what is materialism?
the body and mind is an illusion, there is only a brain
what are mental events according to materialism?
they are chemistry and physics
what does materialism imply about autonomy?
there is no free will
what is a critique of materialism?
why and how do we feel mental events?
what is parallelism?
what happens to the mind happens to the body, there is no interaction
what is a critique of parallelism?
it doesnt explain the effects of physical actions on mental events
what is idealism?
there is only a mind, the world is an illusion
what is cartesian theatre?
the mind is reacting to a projection of an outside world on a screen
what does cartesian theatre imply about the existence of an outside world?
we only experience a copy of the outside world, we do not experience it directly
what is a critique of cartesian theatre?
is the copy true to the original or of something at all?
what is Michael Graziano’s first principle about consciousness?
the brain constructs a bundle of info to make you believe you possess an intangible experience
