LANGARA COLLEGE
Philosophy 1101: Introduction to Philosophy
Quiz #3
TIME: 30 minutes
Section 002
October 18, 2010
Total: 20 marks
1.
True
or
false
?
T/F
a.
Descartes believed that a machine could never, as a matter of
principle, speak appropriately in response to questions.
T
b.
Descartes believed that matter does not exist, since all of
reality is mental.
F
c.
Descartes claimed that animals have no soul, and hence are
mere mechanisms.
T
d.
Descartes believed that the mind is a ‘ghost in the machine’,
that spatially overlaps the brain.
F
e.
Materialists such as Churchland criticise Descartes on the
grounds that the action of mind upon matter is problematic.
T
f.
Descartes believed that the mind acts on the body, but the
body cannot act on the mind.
F
g.
Materialists hold that thinking minds do not exist, since
everything is physical.
F
h.
Dualists of all kinds deny that the mind can be described
completely in physical terms.
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