(No Explanation Needed)   34. The view that reality consists of...

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34. The view that reality consists of both immaterial mind and material body is called

 

A) dualism

B) interactionism

C) rationalism

D) none of the above

 

35. Descartes argument for the separability of mind and body depends on

 

A) the insight that mind is always better known than body

B) the belief that pineal gland can be removed from the brain

C) the belief that God can make separate anything that can be conceived on its own

D) the belief that the malignant demon is real

 

36. Having regained trust in senses in Meditation & Descartes's judgment about the relationship of his mind and body is one of

 

A) continued doubt

B) certainty that it is an illusion caused by a demon

C) certainty that the two are closely conjoined

D) wonder at what future research will discover

 

37. What is the problem of interaction?

 

A) the problem of how true thoughts interact with false thoughts

B) the problem of how an immaterial thinking thing can cause motion in a material body

C) the problem of how the parts of the soul interact with each other

D) the problem of how the brain interacts with the rest of the body

 

38. The Ship of Theseus example suggests that

 

A) identity of a thing changes when any of the thing's properties change

B) there is identity for persons but not for inanimate objects

C) identity allows for endless variation of properties

D) none of above

 

39. Things that are fungible are

 

A) unique

B) possessed of certain knowledge

C) unlikes anything else

D) interchangeable

 

40. The philosopher associated with the memory theory of identity is

 

A) Descartes

B) Hume

C) Aristotle

D) Locke

 

41. Questions about the nature of personal identity are important because the underlie concern with

 

A) fundamental laws of physics

B) ethics

C) both of the above

D) neither of the above

 

42. David Hume views thee self as

 

A) a mental substance capable of separate existence

B) a three-part internal structure in the brain

C) a fungible essence

D) none of the above

 

43. This story of Phineas Gage suggests that personality is heavily dependent on.

 

A) the physical state of the brain

B) one's spiritual beliefs

C) one's upbringing

D) one's birth order

 

44. The view that everything about mind can be understood with reference to physical states of the brain is called

 

A) spiritual analysis

B) dualism

C) reductive physicalism

D) none of the above