Freedom
Jordan finds a wallet containing money. Jordan must decide whether to keep the money or return the wallet. Jordan genuinely has the ability to choose either action, and the decision is not completely determined by prior events.
What claim does this event support?
Libertarian Free will
What is 2 of the key claims of Rationalism?
1. The Mind is capable of discovering Knowledge through logic.
2. Some ideas are innate in the mind and cannot be learned
3. Senses can be misleading
What is the mind body Problem? Give an example!
Questions whether we are mind, body or both.
Phineas gage or other if applicable.
What is one claim of Rene Descartes?
1. The mind is a thinking substance and the body is a physical substance
2. Doubt everything until it can be proven with logic.
What is Mary Anne Warrens view of Personhood? (Dont list them)
5 Criteria For Personhood
Sam chooses to join the school band because Sam enjoys music. Sam's interests developed through years of experiences, but nobody is forcing Sam to join.
Compatibilism
What is 2 key claims of empiricism?
knowledge comes from experience
The sense provide information
We learn through observation
What is the argument AGAINST being only Mind presented by Physicalism?
That the brain is all science and all "Mind" can be explained entirely by science
Who is responsible for the allegory of the cave?
Plato
The gradient theory says . . .
We have no fixed personhood
In the futurama Episode Bender the robot comes to the conclusion its hard to have free will. . . why?
Plausible and educated answer here.
Name One supporter of Empiricism? What was their claim?
John Locke: Tabula Rasa
David Hume: Our Ideas come from our immediate perceptions
What is Dualism?
Dualism argues that we are made up of both mind and matter but they are different things
Who is the creator of Self forming Actions idea of the blank slate?
Robert Kane
Who says to be a person we must feel both pleasure and pain?
Peter singer
DOuBLe the POinTs if correct you have to get both parts correct
Robert Kane is a supporter of which claim of freedom
What is his view on that claim he coined?
Libertarianism
Self forming actions
Name one Supporter of Rationalism what was their claim?
Rene' Descartes: Doubt everything until you find something Certain
Plato: true knowledge comes from understanding reality through reason
Explain the Bat Puzzle as explained by David Chalmers
That we can never truly understand another person/ things experience because we are not them
David Hume is a supporter of what key claim?
Empiricism: he argues that our ideas come from our perceptions.
A person who supports Biological Personhood probably also supports____ from Mind and body?
Physicalism
Fletcher THINKS we have free will and does not believe in Determinism and openly denies it, what is the term for this?
Indeterminism
The allegory of the cave shows how the senses should. . . .
Open ended.
What is a philosophical zombie? what is an example of this
Someone who's brain is alive and awake but not aware of its surroundings
A supporter of Physicalism is...
Paul Churchland!
What are the 5 criteria for Personhood?
Double points for all 5
1. Moral Reasoning
2. Consciousness
3. Self Motivated activity
4. Communication
5.Self awareness